Test 7 · ★ · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade
A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788. Why did it matter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ship · What happens: publish, draw, matter · To what, where: drawing, 1788
This is test 7 · ★ 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: A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 drawing | det |
| 2 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 published | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ship | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ship | det |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drawing | nmod |
| 6 | Brookes | Brookes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ship | appos |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 published | aux:pass |
| 8 | published | publish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 1788 | case |
| 10 | 1788 | 1788 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 published | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 published | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | publish | past · passive | a drawing of the ship | 1788 | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | draw | the ship | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |
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: Why did it matter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 matter | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 matter | expl |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 matter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | past · do-support | drawing | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It showed how people were packed and turned opinion against the trade
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 | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 packed | advmod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 packed | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 packed | aux:pass |
| 6 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 showed | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 turned | cc |
| 8 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 packed | conj |
| 9 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obj |
| 10 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 trade | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 trade | det |
| 12 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | It | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pack | past · passive | people | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 3 | turn | participle | opinion | against the trade | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme |
Option 2
It was an advert in the newspapers to sell more ships to Liverpool merchants
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 | 4 advert | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 advert | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 advert | det |
| 4 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 newspapers | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 newspapers | det |
| 7 | newspapers | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 advert | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 sell | mark |
| 9 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 advert | acl |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 ships | amod |
| 11 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sell | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 merchants | case |
| 13 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 merchants | compound |
| 14 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a advert | the newspapers | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sell | to-infinitive | more ships | Liverpool merchants | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ship=Theme to merchant=Recipient |
Option 3
It showed a new kind of sail
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 | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kind | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kind | amod |
| 5 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sail | case |
| 7 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | It | a new kind of sail | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient |
Option 4
It was a map of the Atlantic winds
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 | 4 map | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 map | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 map | det |
| 4 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 winds | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 winds | det |
| 7 | Atlantic | Atlantic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 winds | compound |
| 8 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 map | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a map | of the Atlantic winds | tree rules |
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