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title: "lol knights couldn't even walk in armour, they just fell over" What… — Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages · tree and pragmatics
description: "lol knights couldn't even walk in armour, they just fell over" What would museum tests show? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig
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# Test 3 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

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"lol knights couldn't even walk in armour, they just fell over" What would museum tests show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** knights, museum tests · **What happens:** not walk, fall over, show · **To what, where:** armour · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t3:1
# text = "lol knights couldn't even walk in armour, they just fell over" What would museum tests show?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** *in a quote* | could | knights |  |  | armour |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armour=Trajectory |
| 2 | **fall over** *in a quote* | past | knights *= knight* |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | would | museum tests |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People in real armour can run, climb and get on horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t3:o1:1
# text = People in real armour can run, climb and get on horses
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | can | People in real armour |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **climb** | infinitive | People in real armour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | People in real armour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on horses | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on horse=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They can only crawl slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t3:o2:1
# text = They can only crawl slowly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	crawl	crawl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crawl** | can | They |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They can't move at all once it's on, so squires carried them about

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t3:o3:1
# text = They can't move at all once it's on, so squires carried them about
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	squires	squire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | can | They |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | on *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **carry** | past | squires | them *= they* |  |  |  | about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They need a crane to stand up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t3:o4:1
# text = They need a crane to stand up
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | They | a crane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a crane *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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