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title: "Edison invented light bulbs, end of" Which is the fairest answer? — Explorers, scientists and inventors · tree and pragmatics
description: "Edison invented light bulbs, end of" Which is the fairest answer? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 20 «Explorers, scientists and inventors» 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Explorers, scientists and inventors

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"Edison invented light bulbs, end of" Which is the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Edison, end · **What happens:** invent, be · **To what, where:** light bulbs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 20 «Explorers, scientists and inventors» 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/20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors:t5:1
# text = "Edison invented light bulbs, end of" Which is the fairest answer?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Edison	Edison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
10	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** *in a quote* | past | Edison | light bulbs and end |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulb=Result |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | end |  |  |  |  | of the fairest answer | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Edison stole the whole idea and did nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors:t5:o1:1
# text = Edison stole the whole idea and did nothing
1	Edison	Edison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Edison | the whole idea |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location idea=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | Edison *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many people made bulbs; Edison's team made a practical one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors:t5:o2:1
# text = Many people made bulbs; Edison's team made a practical one
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	Edison	Edison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	practical	practical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Many people | bulbs |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulb=Product |
| 2 | **make** | past | Edison's team | a practical one |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Light bulbs were invented by the Romans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors:t5:o3:1
# text = Light bulbs were invented by the Romans
1	Light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past · passive | the Romans | Light bulbs |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Edison invented the light bulb all on his own in a single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:20-explorers-scientists-and-inventors:t5:o4:1
# text = Edison invented the light bulb all on his own in a single night
1	Edison	Edison	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	invented	invent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	bulb	bulb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | past | Edison | the light bulb |  | Edison's own | night |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulb=Result |

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