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title: What would a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine have done… — Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages · tree and pragmatics
description: What would a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine have done all day? Test 9 · ★ 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 9 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages

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What would a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine have done all day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** real medieval queen · **What happens:** do

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t9:1
# text = What would a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine have done all day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	medieval	medieval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Eleanor	Eleanor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Aquitaine	Aquitaine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | would · perfect | a real medieval queen like Eleanor of Aquitaine |  |  |  | day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

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Swept floors in the kitchen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t9:o1:1
# text = Swept floors in the kitchen
1	Swept	sweep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	floors	floor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sat in a tower all day long, waiting for a knight to come and rescue her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t9:o2:1
# text = Sat in a tower all day long, waiting for a knight to come and rescue her
1	Sat	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | for a knight | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **rescue** | infinitive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ruled lands, managed money and dealt with powerful people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t9:o3:1
# text = Ruled lands, managed money and dealt with powerful people
1	Ruled	rule	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	managed	manage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dealt	deal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **manage** | past | Ruled lands | money |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **deal** | past | Ruled lands *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with powerful people | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with people=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, women weren't allowed to do anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:18-vikings-knights-and-the-middle-ages:t9:o4:1
# text = Nothing, women weren't allowed to do anything
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Nothing *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |

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