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".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 accepted | punct |
| 4 | enslaved | enslave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 accepted | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 accepted | advmod |
| 7 | accepted | accept | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 accepted | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 accepted | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | enslave in a quote | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | accept in a quote | past | enslaved people | it | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | det |
| 3 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | that right | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 resisted | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 resisted | nsubj |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 resisted | advmod |
| 7 | resisted | resist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | slavery | slavery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resisted | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resisted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | resist | past | nobody | slavery | any way | ever | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They resisted, with revolts, escapes and free communities
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 resisted | nsubj |
| 2 | resisted | resist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 revolts | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 revolts | case |
| 5 | revolts | revolt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 resisted | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 escapes | punct |
| 7 | escapes | escape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 revolts | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 communities | cc |
| 9 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 communities | amod |
| 10 | communities | community | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 revolts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resist | past | They | revolts and escapes and free communities | tree rules |
Option 3
They resisted only after 1888
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 resisted | nsubj |
| 2 | resisted | resist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 1888 | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 1888 | case |
| 5 | 1888 | 1888 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 resisted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | resist | past | They | after 1888 | tree rules |
Option 4
Only people in Europe ever fought against slavery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 people | advmod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fought | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Europe | case |
| 4 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 people | nmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 fought | advmod |
| 6 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 slavery | case |
| 8 | slavery | slavery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | people in Europe | ever | against slavery | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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