--- title: Ages of four villagers who died: 1, 1, 60 and 70. Their average is 3… — Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages · tree and pragmatics description: Ages of four villagers who died: 1, 1, 60 and 70. Their average is 33. What does this show? 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What does this show? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** four villagers, average, villagers, this · **What happens:** die, be, average, show · **To what, where:** 33 This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ages of four villagers who died: 1, 1, 60 and 70. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:1 # text = Ages of four villagers who died: 1, 1, 60 and 70. 1 Ages Age PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 60 60 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 flat _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 70 70 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | four villagers | | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Their average is 33. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:2 # text = Their average is 33. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 average average NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 33 33 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | villagers's average | 33 | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **average** | | villagers *= villager* | | | | | | nom average «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What does this show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:3 # text = What does this show? 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 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The sum must be wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:o1:1 # text = The sum must be wrong 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | must | the sum | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} An average can hide that some people lived to old age ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:o2:1 # text = An average can hide that some people lived to old age 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 average average NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | can | a average | | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **live** | past | some people | | | | to old age | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Everybody died at about 33 ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:o3:1 # text = Everybody died at about 33 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 33 33 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | Everybody | | | 33 | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Babies lived longer than adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t2:o4:1 # text = Babies lived longer than adults 1 Babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Babies | | | | | than adults; long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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