--- title: On a timeline, the wheel, writing and printing are marked. In which… — Time and history: the timeline and how… · tree and pragmatics description: On a timeline, the wheel, writing and printing are marked. In which order do they stand, from oldest to newest? 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In which order do they stand, from oldest to newest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wheel · **What happens:** mark, stand · **To what, where:** wheel, timeline, order This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Time and history: the timeline and how people lived long ago» of the world 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/world/48-time-and-history/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* On a timeline, the wheel, writing and printing are marked. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:1 # text = On a timeline, the wheel, writing and printing are marked. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 timeline timeline NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present · passive | | the wheel and writing and printing | | a timeline | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme on timeline=Destination | 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:* In which order do they stand, from oldest to newest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:2 # text = In which order do they stand, from oldest to newest? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 newest new ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present · do-support | wheel | | | which order | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Wheel, writing, printing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:o1:1 # text = Wheel, writing, printing 1 Wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Printing, wheel, writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:o2:1 # text = Printing, wheel, writing 1 Printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Wheel, printing, writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:o3:1 # text = Wheel, printing, writing 1 Wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Writing, printing, wheel ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t2:o4:1 # text = Writing, printing, wheel 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 printing printing NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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