Test 3 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia. Her nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love." What does nan mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ava, nan · What happens: send, uncolonis, mean · To what, where: colonist, Europa

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls» 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: In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Europa	case
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sends	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Europa	punct
5	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sends	nsubj
6	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 colonist	det
8	colonist	colonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sends	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	13 land	mark
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 uncolonised	punct
11	uncolonised	uncolonis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 land	amod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 uncolonised	punct
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sends	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 Australia	case
15	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 land	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	present	Ava	a colonist		Europa			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent colonist=Theme in europa=Destination
2	uncolonis in a quote	participle							tree rules

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 nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love."

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 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Brisbane	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Brisbane	case
5	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nan	appos
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Empty	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Empty	punct
8	Empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 nan	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 foot	punct
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 foot	nmod:poss
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nan	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 love	punct
13	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nan	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nan	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 nan	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What does nan mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	nan						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only kangaroos lived there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 kangaroos	advmod
2	kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	kangaroos			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The game is completely right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 right	advmod
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the game					completely, right property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived there for tens of thousands of years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Aboriginal	aboriginal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lived	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 peoples	cc
3	Torres	Torres	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Strait	compound
4	Strait	Strait	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 peoples	compound
5	Islander	Islander	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 peoples	compound
6	peoples	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Aboriginal	conj
7	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 lived	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 tens	case
10	tens	ten	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lived	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 thousands	case
12	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tens	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 years	case
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 thousands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Aboriginal and Strait Islander peoples			there		for tens of thousands of years	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Australia really was empty until 1788

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 empty	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 empty	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 empty	cop
4	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	until	until	ADP	_	6 1788	case
6	1788	1788	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 empty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Australia				until 1788	empty property	tree rules

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