Test 1 · ★★ · The people who were already there: what colonisation did
In EU5 you "colonise an empty province" in North America. What really happened in such places?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: colonise, happen · To what, where: empty province, EU5, such places
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 36 «The people who were already there: what colonisation did» 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 EU5 you "colonise an empty province" in North America.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 EU5 | case |
| 2 | EU5 | EU5 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 colonise | obl |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 colonise | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 colonise | punct |
| 5 | colonise | colonise | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 province | det |
| 7 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 province | amod |
| 8 | province | province | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 colonise | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 province | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 America | case |
| 11 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 America | compound |
| 12 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 colonise | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 colonise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | colonise in a quote | infinitive | you | a empty province | EU5 | in North America | 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.
Sentence 2: What really happened in such places?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 happened | advmod |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 places | case |
| 5 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 places | amod |
| 6 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 happened | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | such places | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Colonists took land that was already someone's home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonists | colonist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 home | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 home | cop |
| 6 | already | already | ADV | _ | 9 home | advmod |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 home | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 9 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 land | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Colonists | land | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | land | someone's home | tree rules |
Option 2
Colonists bought every acre at a fair price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonists | colonist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bought | nsubj |
| 2 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 acre | det |
| 4 | acre | acre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 price | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 price | det |
| 7 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 price | amod |
| 8 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | Colonists | every acre | a fair price | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent acre=Theme at price=Asset |
Option 3
Indigenous peoples asked to be ruled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indigenous | indigenous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 peoples | amod |
| 2 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 ruled | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ruled | aux:pass |
| 6 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 asked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | Indigenous peoples | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | rule not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | Indigenous peoples not said here | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The land was truly empty, with no one living on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 land | det |
| 2 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 empty | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 empty | cop |
| 4 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 5 empty | advmod |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 empty | parataxis |
| 10 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 one | acl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the land | empty, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | gerund | no one not said here | land | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
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