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title: Ava says the Wright brothers first flew in 1950. true? — Transport: from horses to planes · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava says the Wright brothers first flew in 1950. true? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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 was right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Transport: from horses to planes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ava says the Wright brothers first flew in 1950. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava, Wright brothers · **What happens:** say, fly · **To what, where:** 1950 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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/99-transport-horses-to-planes/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t12:1
# text = Ava says the Wright brothers first flew in 1950. true?
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	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	Wright	Wright	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	1950	1950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
11	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 | Ava |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fly** | past | the Wright brothers |  |  | 1950 |  | first *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in 1950=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it was on 17 December 1903

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t12:o1:1
# text = No, it was on 17 December 1903
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
7	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	1903	1903	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  | 17 | december |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only with a jet engine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only with a jet engine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they flew in 1825

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t12:o3:1
# text = No, they flew in 1825
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1825	1825	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | they |  |  | 1825 |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1825=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, planes were invented after the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, planes were invented after the war
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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

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