Test 9 · ★★ · When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, s… Jean, whose family is from Haiti: "Our ancestors freed themselves." Her classmate: "So after 1804 it was all sweet?" What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, Jean, classmate · What happens: be, free · To what, where: Haiti, ancestors
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 76 «When civilizations meet: conquest, colonies and freedom, seen from both sides» 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 Sentence 1: Jean, whose family is from Haiti: "Our ancestors freed themselves."
nsubj punct nmod:poss nsubj cop case conj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj obj punct punct root Jean PROPN , PUNCT whose PRON family NOUN is AUX from ADP Haiti PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Our PRON ancestors NOUN freed VERB themselves PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jean Jean PROPN Number=Sing 12 freed nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 7 Haiti punct 3 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 4 family nmod:poss 4 family family NOUN Number=Sing 7 Haiti nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 Haiti cop 6 from from ADP _ 7 Haiti case 7 Haiti Haiti PROPN Number=Sing 1 Jean conj 8 : : PUNCT _ 12 freed punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 12 freed punct 10 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 ancestors nmod:poss 11 ancestors ancestor NOUN Number=Plur 12 freed nsubj 12 freed free VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 13 themselves themselves PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 12 freed obj 14 . . PUNCT _ 12 freed punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 12 freed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Haiti's family Haiti tree rules 2 free in a quote past Jean and Haiti ancestors = ancestor vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer themselves=Source
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.
Sentence 2: Her classmate: "So after 1804 it was all sweet?"
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct advmod case nsubj nsubj cop advmod punct punct root Her PRON classmate NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT So ADV after ADP 1804 NUM it PRON was AUX all DET sweet ADJ ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 classmate nmod:poss 2 classmate classmate NOUN Number=Sing 11 sweet nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 classmate punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 11 sweet punct 5 So so ADV _ 7 1804 advmod 6 after after ADP _ 7 1804 case 7 1804 1804 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 sweet nsubj 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 sweet nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 sweet cop 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 sweet advmod 11 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 ? ? PUNCT _ 11 sweet punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 11 sweet punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past Haiti's classmate sweet property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer France forced Haiti to pay a huge sum, which hurt it for over a century
The tree, 15 words nsubj obj mark xcomp det amod obj punct nsubj acl:relcl obj case case det obl root France PROPN forced VERB Haiti PROPN to PART pay VERB a DET huge ADJ sum NOUN , PUNCT which PRON hurt VERB it PRON for ADP over ADP a DET century NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 France France PROPN Number=Sing 2 forced nsubj 2 forced force VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Haiti Haiti PROPN Number=Sing 2 forced obj 4 to to PART _ 5 pay mark 5 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 forced xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sum det 7 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 8 sum amod 8 sum sum NOUN Number=Sing 5 pay obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 hurt punct 10 which which PRON PronType=Rel 11 hurt nsubj 11 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 sum acl:relcl 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 hurt obj 13 for for ADP _ 16 century case 14 over over ADP _ 16 century case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 century det 16 century century NOUN Number=Sing 11 hurt obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 force past France Haiti vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent haiti=Recipient clause=Topic 2 pay to-infinitive Haiti not said here a huge sum vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Asset 3 hurt past a huge sum sum century vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient
Option 2 Haiti gave money to France as a gift
nsubj obj case obl case det obl root Haiti PROPN gave VERB money NOUN to ADP France PROPN as ADP a DET gift NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Haiti Haiti PROPN Number=Sing 2 gave nsubj 2 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 money money NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obj 4 to to ADP _ 5 France case 5 France France PROPN Number=Sing 2 gave obl 6 as as ADP _ 8 gift case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 gift det 8 gift gift NOUN Number=Sing 2 gave obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give past Haiti money France as a gift vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to france=Recipient
Option 3 Haiti became a French colony again in 1805
nsubj det amod xcomp advmod case obl root Haiti PROPN became VERB a DET French ADJ colony NOUN again ADV in ADP 1805 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Haiti Haiti PROPN Number=Sing 2 became nsubj 2 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 colony det 4 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 5 colony amod 5 colony colony NOUN Number=Sing 2 became xcomp 6 again again ADV _ 2 became advmod 7 in in ADP _ 8 1805 case 8 1805 1805 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 became obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become past Haiti a French colony again in 1805 result vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1805=Result
Option 4 Yes, it was all sweet: nothing bad ever happened to Haiti after 1804, ever
The tree, 14 words discourse punct nsubj cop advmod punct nsubj amod advmod conj case obl case obl punct advcl root Yes INTJ , PUNCT it PRON was AUX all ADV sweet ADJ : PUNCT nothing PRON bad ADJ ever ADV happened VERB to ADP Haiti PROPN after ADP 1804 NUM , PUNCT ever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 sweet discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 sweet nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 sweet cop 5 all all ADV _ 6 sweet advmod 6 sweet sweet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 : : PUNCT _ 11 happened punct 8 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 11 happened nsubj 9 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 8 nothing amod 10 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 11 happened advmod 11 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 sweet conj 12 to to ADP _ 13 Haiti case 13 Haiti Haiti PROPN Number=Sing 11 happened obl 14 after after ADP _ 15 1804 case 15 1804 1804 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 happened obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 ever punct 17 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 6 sweet advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past it all, sweet property tree rules 2 happen past nothing Haiti after 1804; ever vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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