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title: The same girl steals a loaf in 1910. What is different? — Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… · tree and pragmatics
description: The same girl steals a loaf in 1910. What is different? Test 6 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

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The same girl steals a loaf in 1910. What is different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** same girl · **What happens:** steal, be · **To what, where:** loaf, 1910

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The same girl steals a loaf in 1910.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:1
# text = The same girl steals a loaf in 1910.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	steals	steal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1910	1910	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present | the same girl | a loaf |  | 1910 |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location loaf=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:2
# text = What is different?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She would now be transported to Australia on a convict ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:o1:1
# text = She would now be transported to Australia on a convict ship
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	convict	convict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transport** | would · passive |  | She | Australia | a convict ship | now |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to australia=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Children Act of 1908 meant she could not be sent to prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:o2:1
# text = The Children Act of 1908 meant she could not be sent to prison
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	Act	Act	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1908	1908	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | Act of 1908 |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **send** | could · passive |  | Act |  | prison |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing at all had changed for children since 1850

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:o3:1
# text = Nothing at all had changed for children since 1850
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	since	since	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1850	1850	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · perfect · passive |  | Nothing |  |  | since 1850 | for children | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme for child=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She would now be locked in the stocks for a whole week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t6:o4:1
# text = She would now be locked in the stocks for a whole week
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stocks	stock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | would · passive |  | She |  | the stocks | now; week |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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