--- title: A fact book says water was poison so everyone drank beer, and you've… — Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages · tree and pragmatics description: A fact book says water was poison so everyone drank beer, and you've read it in three books. Does that make it true? Test 7 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/t7/) [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/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages A fact book says water was poison so everyone drank beer, and you've read it in three books. Does that make it true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fact book, water, everyone, you, that · **What happens:** say, be, drink, read, make · **To what, where:** poison, beer, three books, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A fact book says water was poison so everyone drank beer, and you've read it in three books. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:1 # text = A fact book says water was poison so everyone drank beer, and you've read it in three books. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 beer beer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a fact book | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | past | water | poison | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | past | everyone | beer | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beer=Patient | | 4 | **read** | present · perfect | you | beer | | three books | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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:* Does that make it true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:2 # text = Does that make it true? 1 Does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present · do-support | that | water | | | | true *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, they drank only milk ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:o1:1 # text = No, they drank only milk 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | they | milk | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, being repeated isn't proof; they drank water too ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:o2:1 # text = No, being repeated isn't proof; they drank water too 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 repeated repeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repeat** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V» | | 2 | **not** **is a** | present | | proof | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drink** | past | they | water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if it's printed it's always true ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:o3:1 # text = Yes, if it's printed it's always true 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 10 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **print** | present · passive | | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | always, true *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, three books can't be wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t7:o4:1 # text = Yes, three books can't be wrong 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | can | three books | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | **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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