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title: In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look li… — Africa: countries and capitals · tree and pragmatics
description: In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts. What does the game leave out? Test 4 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; 
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# Test 4 · Africa: countries and capitals

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In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts. What does the game leave out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** European forts, game · **What happens:** look, leave out

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This is test 4 of lesson 13 «Africa: countries and capitals» 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/13-africa-countries-and-capitals/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:1
# text = In Europa Universalis 5, European forts on the African coast look like simple trade posts.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | infinitive | European forts on the African coast |  |  |  |  | like simple trade posts; in Europa | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in europa=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the game leave out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:2
# text = What does the game leave out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · do-support | the game |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Millions of people were enslaved and shipped away, and about 1.8 million died at sea

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:o1:1
# text = Millions of people were enslaved and shipped away, and about 1.8 million died at sea
1	Millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	shipped	ship	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	1.8	1.8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	compound	_	_
13	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enslave** | past · passive |  | Millions of people |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **ship away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** | past | 1.8 million |  |  | sea |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The forts were built by Africans for tourists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:o2:1
# text = The forts were built by Africans for tourists
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africans	African	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	tourists	tourist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past · passive | Africans | the forts |  |  |  | for tourists | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Product for tourist=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, the forts only traded fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, the forts only traded fish
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	traded	trade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trade** | past | Nothing | fish |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The forts were all in the middle of the Sahara

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:13-africa-countries-and-capitals:t4:o4:1
# text = The forts were all in the middle of the Sahara
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	forts	fort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the forts |  |  | the middle |  | of the Sahara; all *property* | tree rules |

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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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