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title: In 1494, who decided which European country got which lands in the A… — Latin America and the Caribbean · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1494, who decided which European country got which lands in the Americas? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Latin America and the Caribbean

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In 1494, who decided which European country got which lands in the Americas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** European country · **What happens:** decide, get, land · **To what, where:** 1494, Americas · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t10:1
# text = In 1494, who decided which European country got which lands in the Americas?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1494	1494	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	European	European	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | past |  |  |  | 1494 |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | past | European country |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus |
| 3 | **land** | present |  |  |  | the Americas |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in americas=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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Britain and France, in a treaty signed on a ship at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t10:o1:1
# text = Britain and France, in a treaty signed on a ship at sea
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | participle |  | a treaty *not said here* |  | a ship |  | at sea | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ship=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Spain and Portugal, in the Treaty of Tordesillas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t10:o2:1
# text = Spain and Portugal, in the Treaty of Tordesillas
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Tordesillas	Tordesillas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Aztec emperor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t10:o3:1
# text = The Aztec emperor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Aztec	Aztec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The people living in the Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t10:o4:1
# text = The people living in the Americas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | the people *not said here* |  |  | the Americas |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in americas=Location |

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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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