--- title: ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? Mate, that's an anachronism.» R… — Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? Mate, that's an anachronism.» Right? Test 5 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: spot the anachronism ★★★ ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? Mate, that's an anachronism.» Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** anachronism This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:1 # text = ★★★ Ben: «Queen Victoria on a train? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW _ 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Victoria Victoria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Mate, that's an anachronism.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:2 # text = Mate, that's an anachronism.» 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 anachronism anachronism NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | that | a anachronism | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:3 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, queens never rode on trains ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:o1:1 # text = Yes, queens never rode on trains 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ride** | past | queens | | | trains | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, trains only came in 1950 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:o2:1 # text = Yes, trains only came in 1950 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 trains train VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1950 1950 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **train** | present | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past | | | | 1950 | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1950=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, she first rode a train in 1842 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:o3:1 # text = No, she first rode a train in 1842 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 1842 1842 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past | she | a train | | 1842 | | first *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent train=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, trains came only after her death ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:87-olympiad-spot-the-anachronism:t5:o4:1 # text = Yes, trains came only after her death 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | trains | | | | after her death | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **die** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=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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