Test 3 · ★ · Native peoples of North America

Why did many Native people die of smallpox before ever seeing a European?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: many Native people · What happens: die, see · To what, where: European

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» of the history 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	6 die	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 die	aux
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
4	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 die	nsubj
6	die	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 smallpox	case
8	smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 seeing	mark
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 seeing	advmod
11	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 die	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 European	det
13	European	European	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 seeing	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 die	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · do-support	many Native people					of smallpox	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of smallpox=Causer
2	see	gerund	many Native people not said here	a European			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer european=Stimulus

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

The disease spread ahead from village to village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disease	det
2	disease	disease	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	nsubj
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 spread	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 village	case
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 village	case
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past	the disease			village		to village; ahead property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were so scared of ships that they fell ill and died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scared	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 scared	advmod
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 ships	case
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scared	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fell	nsubj
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ships	acl:relcl
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fell	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 died	cc
12	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	They	of ships; scared property	tree rules
2	fall	past	ships	ill property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	die	past	ships not said here		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

They caught it from the Inuit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 Inuit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Inuit	det
6	Inuit	Inuit	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	They	it		the Inuit			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from inuit=Source

Option 4

Smallpox came from the bison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smallpox	smallpox	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 bison	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bison	det
5	bison	bison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	Smallpox			the bison			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from bison=Initial_Location

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