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title: What did the Mabo decision of 1992 say about the idea that Australia… — Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Irelan… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Mabo decision of 1992 say about the idea that Australia had belonged to no one? Test 7 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 7 · Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of th…

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What did the Mabo decision of 1992 say about the idea that Australia had belonged to no one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mabo decision, Australia · **What happens:** do, say, belong · **To what, where:** Mabo decision, idea, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 10 «Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the rest of the English-speaking world» of the geography 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t7:1
# text = What did the Mabo decision of 1992 say about the idea that Australia had belonged to no one?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Mabo	Mabo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1992	1992	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	belonged	belong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Mabo decision |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Mabo decision *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of 1992; about the idea | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **belong** | past · perfect | Australia | the idea *not said here* | no one |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It gave Australia back to Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t7:o1:1
# text = It gave Australia back to Britain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	iobj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | past | It |  | Australia |  |  | to Britain | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent australia=Theme to britain=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It made Canberra the capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t7:o2:1
# text = It made Canberra the capital
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Canberra	Canberra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | It | Canberra |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material canberra=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It was wrong: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had rights to their land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t7:o3:1
# text = It was wrong: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had rights to their land
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Aboriginal	aboriginal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	Torres	Torres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	Islander	Islander	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	rights	right	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past | Strait Islander peoples | rights |  |  |  | to peoples's land | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was right: the land was empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:10-canada-australia-new-zealand-ireland-and-the-english-speaking-world:t7:o4:1
# text = It was right: the land was empty
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the land |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |

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