Test 6 · ★ · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

lads say the Irish always had potatoes, its like their thing. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: lads · What happens: say, have · To what, where: potatoes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» 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	lads	lad	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Irish	det
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 say	ccomp
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 had	advmod
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Irish	advcl
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thing	punct
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 thing	nmod:poss
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 thing	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 thing	nmod:poss
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	lads						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	lads not said here	potatoes				always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=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

Yes, potatoes grew in Ireland since the Ice Age

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 grew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Ireland	case
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl
7	since	since	ADP	_	10 Age	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Age	det
9	Ice	Ice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Age	compound
10	Age	Age	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	potatoes			Ireland	since the Ice Age		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ireland=Location

Option 2

No, the Irish never ate potatoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Irish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Irish	det
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 ate	advmod
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Irish	advcl
7	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not eat	past		potatoes					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potato=Patient

Option 3

Yes, Vikings brought them from Norway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 brought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct
3	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Norway	case
7	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	Vikings	them = they		Norway			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from norway=Initial_Location

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

No, potatoes came from South America after 1492

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	potatoes	potato	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 America	case
6	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 America	compound
7	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 1492	case
9	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	potatoes			South America	after 1492		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from america=Initial_Location

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