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description: A spooky museum leaflet shows an iron maiden "from 1350". What's a wise thought? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

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A spooky museum leaflet shows an iron maiden "from 1350". What's a wise thought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spooky museum leaflet · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** iron maiden, 1350, wise thought

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A spooky museum leaflet shows an iron maiden "from 1350".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:1
# text = A spooky museum leaflet shows an iron maiden "from 1350".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	spooky	spooky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1350	1350	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a spooky museum leaflet | a iron maiden |  | 1350 |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent maiden=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's a wise thought?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:2
# text = What's a wise thought?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a wise thought |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It must be true, because museums are checked and can never be wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:o1:1
# text = It must be true, because museums are checked and can never be wrong
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	museums	museum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | It |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | present · passive |  | museums |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **is** | can |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was surely used every day in 1350

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:o2:1
# text = It was surely used every day in 1350
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1350	1350	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | It |  | 1350 | day | surely *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Historians think these were made much later for shows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:o3:1
# text = Historians think these were made much later for shows
1	Historians	historian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shows	show	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Historians |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | these |  |  |  | for shows; late *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for show=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was made by Vikings for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t8:o4:1
# text = It was made by Vikings for fun
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive | Vikings | It |  |  |  | for fun | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent subject=Material for fun=Beneficiary |

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