--- title: Why did people who began to farm build villages, while hunters kept… — Time and history: the timeline and how… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did people who began to farm build villages, while hunters kept moving? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Time and history: the timeline and how people lived long ago» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/48-time-and-history/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Time and history: the timeline and how…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/48-time-and-history/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Time and history: the timeline and how people lived long ago Why did people who began to farm build villages, while hunters kept moving? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hunters, people · **What happens:** do, begin, farm, keep, move · **To what, where:** people, build villages This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t7:1 # text = Why did people who began to farm build villages, while hunters kept moving? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 farm farm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 build build NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 while while SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | hunters *not said here* | people | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality | | 2 | **begin** | past | people | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **farm** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | build villages | | | | | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | past | hunters | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **move** | gerund | hunters *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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} Farmers were afraid of the forest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t7:o1:1 # text = Farmers were afraid of the forest 1 Farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Farmers | | | | | of the forest; afraid *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Farmers had to stay near their fields and animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t7:o2:1 # text = Farmers had to stay near their fields and animals 1 Farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Farmers | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | Farmers *not said here* | | | Farmers's fields and animals | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near field=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Villages were warmer only in summer ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t7:o3:1 # text = Villages were warmer only in summer 1 Villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Villages | | | | summer | warm *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Hunters did not know how to build houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:48-time-and-history:t7:o4:1 # text = Hunters did not know how to build houses 1 Hunters hunter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 8 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Hunters | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **build** | to-infinitive | | houses | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | **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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