Test 10 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

Which is true about the Berlin Conference?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 Conference	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Conference	det
6	Berlin	Berlin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Conference	compound
7	Conference	Conference	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the Berlin Conference; true property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

African kings led the conference and drew the lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kings	amod
2	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conference	det
5	conference	conference	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 drew	cc
7	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 led	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lines	det
9	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	African kings	the conference					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conference=Theme
2	draw	past	African kings not said here	the lines					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme

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

European powers made rules for taking Africa without Africans there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 powers	amod
2	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 taking	mark
6	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 made	advcl
7	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 taking	obj
8	without	without	ADP	_	9 Africans	case
9	Africans	African	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 taking	obl
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 taking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	European powers	rules					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product
2	take	gerund	European powers not said here		Africa	there		without Africans	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument africa=Destination

Option 3

It gave every African people its own country

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 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 people	det
4	African	African	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	iobj
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 country	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 country	amod
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	It	its own country	every African people				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient country=Theme

Option 4

It set the border between France and Germany

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 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 border	det
4	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 France	case
6	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 border	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Germany	cc
8	Germany	Germany	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 France	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	It	the border				between France and Germany	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent border=Theme between france=Destination

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