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title: In Europa Universalis 5, a colony grows in an «empty» province in th… — Latin America and the Caribbean · tree and pragmatics
description: In Europa Universalis 5, a colony grows in an «empty» province in the Americas. What is wrong with that picture? Test 2 · ★★ 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; Mo
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Latin America and the Caribbean

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In Europa Universalis 5, a colony grows in an «empty» province in the Americas. What is wrong with that picture?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** colony · **What happens:** grow, be · **To what, where:** Europa

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis 5, a colony grows in an «empty» province in the Americas.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:1
# text = In Europa Universalis 5, a colony grows in an «empty» province in the Americas.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a colony |  |  | Europa |  | in a empty province; in the Americas | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in europa=Location |

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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 is wrong with that picture?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:2
# text = What is wrong with that picture?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with that picture; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, the Americas had no people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the Americas had no people
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Nothing | no people |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only Europeans could live in the Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:o2:1
# text = Only Europeans could live in the Americas
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	Europeans	European	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | could | Europeans |  |  | the Americas |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in americas=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The provinces were empty because the Ice Age had only just ended there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:o3:1
# text = The provinces were empty because the Ice Age had only just ended there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	provinces	province	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Age	Age	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the provinces |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past | the Ice Age |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **end** | past | the Ice Age *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The land was already home to Indigenous peoples whose societies colonisation broke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:t2:o4:1
# text = The land was already home to Indigenous peoples whose societies colonisation broke
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	societies	society	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	compound	_	_
11	colonisation	colonisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the land |  |  |  |  | to Indigenous peoples; home *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **break** | past | societies colonisation | Indigenous peoples *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Patient |

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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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