Test 4 · ★★ · The United States

Why did the number of enslaved people grow even after new captives could no longer be imported in 1808?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: number · What happens: do, enslave, grow, import · To what, where: number, new captives, 1808

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	obl
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 number	acl:relcl
9	even	even	ADV	_	17 imported	advmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 imported	mark
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 captives	amod
12	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 imported	nsubj:pass
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 imported	aux
14	no	no	ADV	_	15 longer	advmod
15	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 imported	advmod
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 imported	aux:pass
17	imported	import	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 grow	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 1808	case
19	1808	1808	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 imported	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past		the number			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Eventuality
2	enslave	participle					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	grow	present	the number not said here			of enslaved people	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	import	could · passive		new captives	1808	long property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children born to enslaved mothers were enslaved too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enslaved	nsubj:pass
2	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Children	acl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 mothers	case
4	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 mothers	amod
5	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 born	obl
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 enslaved	aux:pass
7	enslaved	enslave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 enslaved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bear	participle	Children not said here	to enslaved mothers	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	enslave	participle			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	enslave	past · passive	Children		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Free people sold themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	Free people	people					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme

Option 3

The law counted them twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 counted	obj
5	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 counted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the law	them = they				twice property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

More ships brought them anyway, legally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 ships	amod
2	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 legally	punct
7	legally	legally	ADV	_	3 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	More ships	them = they				anyway, legally property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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