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# Test 1 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

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«toad got 20 years from the magistrates, that's legit how it worked back then right» What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toad, that · **What happens:** get, be, work back · **To what, where:** magistrates · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t1:1
# text = «toad got 20 years from the magistrates, that's legit how it worked back then right» What is true?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	csubj	_	_
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	legit	legit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | toad |  |  | the magistrates | year |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from magistrate=Destination |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | legit *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work back** *in a quote* | past | toad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, but only to toads and other animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only to toads and other animals
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yes, magistrates gave twenty years for almost any crime at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, magistrates gave twenty years for almost any crime at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | magistrates |  |  |  | year | for any crime at all | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for crime=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, magistrates could only give the death sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t1:o3:1
# text = No, magistrates could only give the death sentence
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | could | magistrates | the death sentence |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, magistrates could only give short sentences of months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t1:o4:1
# text = No, magistrates could only give short sentences of months
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | could | magistrates | short sentences of months |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |
| 2 | **sentence** |  |  | months |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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