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title: Identify the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference convened in… — Africa: countries and capitals · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference convened in the years 1884 and 1885. Exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was r
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# Exam question 2 · Africa: countries and capitals

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Identify the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference convened in the years 1884 and 1885.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal purpose, Berlin Conference · **What happens:** identify, convene, purpose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/13-africa-countries-and-capitals/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference convened in the years 1884 and 1885.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Berlin	Berlin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Conference	Conference	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	convened	convene	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	1884	1884	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	1885	1885	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **convene** | past | the principal purpose of the Berlin Conference |  |  |  | year |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the Berlin Conference |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The establishment by European powers of rules for the partition of Africa, in the absence of any African representative

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:e2:o1:1
# text = The establishment by European powers of rules for the partition of Africa, in the absence of any African representative
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	establishment	establishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	partition	partition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
19	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** |  | European powers of rules for the partition of Africa |  |  |  |  |  | nom establishment «act transitive»: by=agent |
| 2 | **absent** |  |  | any African representative |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:e2:o2:1
# text = The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	transatlantic	transatlantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abolish** |  |  | the transatlantic slave trade |  |  |  |  | nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The foundation of the African Union

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:e2:o3:1
# text = The foundation of the African Union
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	African	African	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The negotiation of independence for African states

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:e2:o4:1
# text = The negotiation of independence for African states
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	negotiation	negotiation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **negotiate** |  |  | independence |  |  |  | for African states | nom negotiation «communication transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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**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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