Test 2 · ★★ · The people who were already there: what colonisation did

my mate says the Spanish won cos guns are op. that the main reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Spanish, cos guns · What happens: say, win, be · To what, where: op · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Spanish	det
5	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 won	nsubj
6	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	cos	cos	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guns	amod
8	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 op	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 op	cop
10	op	op	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 won	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 reason	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reason	det
14	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 reason	amod
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past	the Spanish		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	cos guns	op	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, disease killed far more, and they had many Indigenous allies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 killed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	nsubj
4	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 killed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	conj
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 allies	amod
12	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 allies	amod
13	allies	ally	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	disease	more					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
2	have	past	they	many Indigenous allies					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ally=Patient

Option 2

Yes, guns alone killed nearly everyone, there was no other reason at all

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 guns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 killed	obl
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 killed	advmod
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	7 everyone	advmod
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 reason	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 was	punct
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 was	expl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 reason	cop
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 reason	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 reason	amod
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	acl:relcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past		guns				alone property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	everyone	no other reason		all			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, Indigenous peoples had no weapons at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
3	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 peoples	amod
4	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 weapons	det
7	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Indigenous peoples	no weapons		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weapon=Patient

Option 4

No, the Indigenous peoples simply left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 peoples	det
4	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 peoples	amod
5	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	nsubj
6	simply	simply	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the Indigenous peoples					simply property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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