Test 12 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade
In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. What were they after?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Portuguese · What happens: seize · To what, where: Malacca, 1511
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 1511 | case |
| 2 | 1511 | 1511 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 seized | obl |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 1515 | cc |
| 4 | 1515 | 1515 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 1511 | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Portuguese | det |
| 6 | Portuguese | Portuguese | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 seized | nsubj |
| 7 | seized | seize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Malacca | Malacca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 seized | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 Hormuz | cc |
| 10 | Hormuz | Hormuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Malacca | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 seized | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | past | the Portuguese | Malacca and Hormuz | 1511 | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malacca=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 were they after?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 after | cop |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 after | nsubj |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 1 What | case |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lithium for batteries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithium | lithium | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 batteries | case |
| 3 | batteries | battery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Lithium | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Control of chokepoints on the trade routes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Control | control | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 chokepoints | case |
| 3 | chokepoints | chokepoint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Control | nmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 routes | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 routes | det |
| 6 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 routes | compound |
| 7 | routes | route | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chokepoints | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Fresh water for their farms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 water | amod |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 farms | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 farms | nmod:poss |
| 5 | farms | farm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 water | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Good land for planting wheat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 land | amod |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 planting | mark |
| 4 | planting | plant | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 land | acl |
| 5 | wheat | wheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 planting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plant | gerund | Good land not said here | wheat | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient |
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