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Test 2 · ★ · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade

Someone says "enslaved people just accepted it". Put that right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Someone, enslaved people, you · What happens: say, enslave, accept, put · To what, where: it, right · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave 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: Someone says "enslaved people just accepted it".

nsubjpunctamodnsubjadvmodccompobjpunctpunctrootSomeonePRONsaysVERB"PUNCTenslavedVERBpeopleNOUNjustADVacceptedVERBitPRON"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomeonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3""PUNCT_7 acceptedpunct
4enslavedenslaveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 peopleamod
5peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur7 acceptednsubj
6justjustADV_7 acceptedadvmod
7acceptedacceptVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 saysccomp
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 acceptedobj
9""PUNCT_7 acceptedpunct
10..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentSomeonevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2enslave in a quoteparticiplevn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3accept in a quotepastenslaved peopleitvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: Put that right.

detobjpunctrootPutVERBthatDETrightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 rightdet
3rightrightNOUNNumber=Sing1 Putobj
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said herethat rightvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent right=Goal

The options

Option 1

It is right, nobody ever resisted slavery in any way

nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvmodconjobjcasedetoblrootItPRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTnobodyPRONeverADVresistedVERBslaveryNOUNinADPanyDETwayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 resistedpunct
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg7 resistednsubj
6evereverADVPronType=Ind7 resistedadvmod
7resistedresistVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
8slaveryslaveryNOUNNumber=Sing7 resistedobj
9ininADP_11 waycase
10anyanyDETPronType=Ind11 waydet
11waywayNOUNNumber=Sing7 resistedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentItright propertytree rules
2resistpastnobodyslaveryany wayevertree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They resisted, with revolts, escapes and free communities

nsubjpunctcaseobjpunctconjccamodconjrootTheyPRONresistedVERB,PUNCTwithADPrevoltsNOUN,PUNCTescapesNOUNandCCONJfreeADJcommunitiesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 resistednsubj
2resistedresistVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_5 revoltspunct
4withwithADP_5 revoltscase
5revoltsrevoltNOUNNumber=Plur2 resistedobj
6,,PUNCT_7 escapespunct
7escapesescapeNOUNNumber=Plur5 revoltsconj
8andandCCONJ_10 communitiescc
9freefreeADJDegree=Pos10 communitiesamod
10communitiescommunityNOUNNumber=Plur5 revoltsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1resistpastTheyrevolts and escapes and free communitiestree rules

Option 3

They resisted only after 1888

nsubjadvmodcaseoblrootTheyPRONresistedVERBonlyADVafterADP1888NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 resistednsubj
2resistedresistVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3onlyonlyADV_5 1888advmod
4afterafterADP_5 1888case
518881888NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card2 resistedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1resistpastTheyafter 1888tree rules

Option 4

Only people in Europe ever fought against slavery

advmodnsubjcasenmodadvmodcaseoblrootOnlyADVpeopleNOUNinADPEuropePROPNeverADVfoughtVERBagainstADPslaveryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 peopleadvmod
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur6 foughtnsubj
3ininADP_4 Europecase
4EuropeEuropePROPNNumber=Sing2 peoplenmod
5evereverADVPronType=Ind6 foughtadvmod
6foughtfightVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7againstagainstADP_8 slaverycase
8slaveryslaveryNOUNNumber=Sing6 foughtobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fightpastpeople in Europeeveragainst slaveryvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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