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title: Grace says Druids built Stonehenge. What does the timing show? — Ancient times and famous stories · tree and pragmatics
description: Grace says Druids built Stonehenge. What does the timing show? Test 6 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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 6 · Ancient times and famous stories

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Grace says Druids built Stonehenge. What does the timing show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grace, Druids · **What happens:** say, build, do · **To what, where:** Stonehenge, timing show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grace says Druids built Stonehenge.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:1
# text = Grace says Druids built Stonehenge.
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	Stonehenge	Stonehenge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grace |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | past | Druids | Stonehenge |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stonehenge=Product |

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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 does the timing show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:2
# text = What does the timing show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	timing	timing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the timing show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Druids finished building it just before the Romans came

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:o1:1
# text = The Druids finished building it just before the Romans came
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finished	finish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	building	build	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Romans	Roman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | past | the Druids |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **build** | gerund | the Druids *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 3 | **come** | past | the Romans |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Druids built it in the Middle Ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:o2:1
# text = The Druids built it in the Middle Ages
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the Druids | it |  |  | in the Middle Ages |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Druids and Stonehenge appeared on the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:o3:1
# text = The Druids and Stonehenge appeared on the same day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Stonehenge	Stonehenge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | the Druids and Stonehenge |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It was begun over 2,000 years before Druids are mentioned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories:t6:o4:1
# text = It was begun over 2,000 years before Druids are mentioned
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Druids	druid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past · passive |  | It |  |  | year |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | Druids |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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