Exam question 2 · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Vasco da Gama in fourteen hundred and ninety-eight?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, voyage · To what, where: voyage, fourteen hundred, Vasco da Gama

This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 voyage	det
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Gama	case
12	Vasco	Vasco	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Gama	compound
13	da	Da	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Gama	compound
14	Gama	Gama	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 voyage	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hundred	case
16	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	nummod
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 characterises	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ninety	cc
19	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 hundred	conj
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 eight	punct
21	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 ninety	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the voyage of Vasco da Gama	fourteen hundred	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	voyage		Vasco da Gama			nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient

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

He crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned by way of the Arctic seas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crossed	nsubj
2	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Ocean	det
4	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Ocean	compound
5	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 crossed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 returned	cc
7	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 crossed	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 way	case
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 seas	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 seas	det
12	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 seas	compound
13	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 way	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past	He	the Pacific Ocean					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient
2	return	participle	He not said here					by way of the Arctic seas	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He reached China overland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reached	nsubj
2	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 overland	compound
4	overland	overland	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	He	China overland					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent overland=Theme

Option 3

He discovered the Strait of Magellan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Strait	det
4	Strait	Strait	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 discovered	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Magellan	case
6	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Strait	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	He	the Strait of Magellan					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strait=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He reached India by sea around the southern extremity of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reached	nsubj
2	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 sea	case
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obl
6	around	around	ADP	_	9 extremity	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 extremity	det
8	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 extremity	amod
9	extremity	extremity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reached	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Africa	case
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 extremity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	He	India		the southern extremity of Africa		by sea	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent india=Theme

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