--- title: What does it tell us that many wall-builders died? — Ancient China: dynasties, the First Em… · tree and pragmatics description: What does it tell us that many wall-builders died? Test 10 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» 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/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/t10/) [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/) / [Ancient China: dynasties, the First Em…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/) / t10 # Test 10 · Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great… What does it tell us that many wall-builders died? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, many wall builders · **What happens:** tell, die · **To what, where:** us · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» 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/9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t10:1 # text = What does it tell us that many wall-builders died? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 8 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | it | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient what=Topic | | 2 | **die** | past | many wall builders | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} Nobody was ever hurt ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t10:o1:1 # text = Nobody was ever hurt 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hurt** | past · passive | | Nobody | | | ever | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The work was very hard and dangerous ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t10:o2:1 # text = The work was very hard and dangerous 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the work | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the work *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The builders were robots ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t10:o3:1 # text = The builders were robots 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 robots robot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the builders | robots | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The wall was built for fun ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:9-ancient-china-dynasties-the-first-emperor-and-the-great-wall:t10:o4:1 # text = The wall was built for fun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past · passive | | the wall | | | | for fun | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for fun=Asset | **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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