Test 4 · Africa: countries and capitals

In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts. What does the game leave out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: European forts, game · What happens: look, leave out

This is test 4 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» of the geography 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Europa	case
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 look	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Europa	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Europa	punct
6	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 forts	amod
7	forts	fort	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 look	nsubj
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 coast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coast	det
10	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 coast	amod
11	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 forts	nmod
12	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	like	like	ADP	_	16 posts	case
14	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 posts	amod
15	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 posts	compound
16	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 look	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	European forts on the African coast					like simple trade posts; in Europa	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in europa=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.

Sentence 2: What does the game leave out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 leave	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leave	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 leave	compound:prt
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	present · do-support	the game						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Millions of people were enslaved and shipped away, and about 1.8 million died at sea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enslaved	nsubj:pass
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 people	case
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Millions	nmod
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 enslaved	aux:pass
5	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shipped	cc
7	shipped	ship	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 enslaved	conj
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 shipped	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 died	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 died	cc
11	about	about	ADV	_	13 million	advmod
12	1.8	1.8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 million	compound
13	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 enslaved	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 sea	case
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	enslave	past · passive		Millions of people			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	ship away	participle				away property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	die	past	1.8 million		sea		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

The forts were built by Africans for tourists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forts	det
2	forts	fort	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 built	aux:pass
4	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Africans	case
6	Africans	African	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 built	obl:agent
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 tourists	case
8	tourists	tourist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive	Africans	the forts				for tourists	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Product for tourist=Asset

Option 3

Nothing, the forts only traded fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 traded	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 forts	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forts	det
4	forts	fort	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 traded	advmod
6	traded	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 traded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	past	Nothing	fish					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme

Option 4

The forts were all in the middle of the Sahara

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 forts	det
2	forts	fort	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 middle	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 middle	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	7 middle	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Sahara	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sahara	det
10	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the forts			the middle		of the Sahara; all property	tree rules

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