Test 12 · ★★ · Explorers and how the world was mapped

Leo says Columbus was the first European to reach America. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, Columbus · What happens: say, be, reach · To what, where: America · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» of the world 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 European	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 European	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 European	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 European	amod
7	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 reach	mark
9	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 European	csubj
10	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reach	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Columbus		european property	tree rules
3	reach	to-infinitive		America		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent america=Theme

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, no European had been there before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 European	det
4	European	European	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 there	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 there	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 there	cop
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
8	before	before	ADV	_	7 there	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	no European					before, there property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, he landed in North America in 1492

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 landed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 landed	nsubj
4	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 America	case
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 America	compound
7	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 landed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1492	case
9	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	he			North America		in 1492	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in america=Destination

Option 3

No, Magellan got there first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 got	advmod
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Magellan			there		first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

No, Vikings led by Leif Erikson reached it about 500 years earlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 reached	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reached	punct
3	Vikings	Viking	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 reached	nsubj
4	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Vikings	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Leif	case
6	Leif	Leif	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 led	obl:agent
7	Erikson	Erikson	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Leif	flat
8	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 reached	obj
10	about	about	ADV	_	11 500	advmod
11	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 earlier	obl:unmarked
13	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 reached	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	participle		Vikings not said here					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	reach	past	Vikings	it				early property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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