--- title: ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were l… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were literally a million copies.» What's real? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were literally a million copies.» What's real? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince Volodymyr, million copies · **What happens:** read, print, be · **To what, where:** printed Bible, 988 This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 87 «Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★» 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/87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were literally a million copies.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:1 # text = ★★★ Max: «Prince Volodymyr read a printed Bible in 988, there were literally a million copies.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Volodymyr Volodymyr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 Bible Bible PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 988 988 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 literally literally ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 copies copy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** *in a quote* | past | Prince Volodymyr | a printed Bible | | 988 | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bible=Topic | | 2 | **print** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | past | million copies | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's real? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:2 # text = What's real? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, a million printed copies, he said literally ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, a million printed copies, he said literally 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 obl _ _ 5 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 copies copy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 literally literally ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | participle | | copies | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent copy=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | a million | | | | literally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Printed, yes, in Lviv, in the year 988 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:o2:1 # text = Printed, yes, in Lviv, in the year 988 1 Printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Lviv Lviv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 11 988 988 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 flat _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | participle | | | | Lviv | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Books were copied by hand then; printing in Ukraine began centuries later ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:o3:1 # text = Books were copied by hand then; printing in Ukraine began centuries later 1 Books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 copied copy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Ukraine Ukraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 13 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | past · passive | hand | Books | | | then | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | printing in Ukraine | | | | century | late *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Printed, yes, but only about ten copies ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t12:o4:1 # text = Printed, yes, but only about ten copies 1 Printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 1 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 about about ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 copies copy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | participle | | ten copies | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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