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Test 2 · ★★ · Explorers and how the world was mapped

Columbus called the people he met «Indians». What does this name show about his belief?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Columbus, name · What happens: call, meet, show, believe · To what, where: people, Indians · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Columbus called the people he met «Indians».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 called	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 met	nsubj
6	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Indians	punct
8	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 met	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Indians	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Columbus		the people				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	meet	past	Columbus	Indians					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indian=Co-Agent

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: What does this name show about his belief?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	aux
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	nsubj
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 belief	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 belief	nmod:poss
8	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this name					about name's belief	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about belief=Topic
2	believe		name						nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

He thought he had reached 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reached	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reached	aux
5	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	reach	past · perfect	he	Africa					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent africa=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He thought he had reached Asia

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reached	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reached	aux
5	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reached	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	reach	past · perfect	he	Asia					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent asia=Theme

Option 3

He thought he had sailed home

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sailed	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sailed	aux
5	sailed	sail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 sailed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	sail	past · perfect	he					home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He knew he was in a new continent

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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 continent	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 continent	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 continent	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 continent	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 continent	amod
8	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	He						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	he			a new continent			tree rules

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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