--- title: Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far… — Winds, monsoons and ocean currents · tree and pragmatics description: Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far in the south. Why there? 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Why there? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dutch ships · **What happens:** race · **To what, where:** East Indies, Cape This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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/22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far in the south. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:1 # text = Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far in the south. 1 Dutch dutch ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 raced race VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Cape Cape PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Good Good ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Hope Hope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Indies Indy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 14 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race** | past | Dutch ships | | the East Indies | the Cape of Good Hope | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to indy=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* Why there? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:2 # text = Why there? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The trade winds blow eastwards near the poles ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:o1:1 # text = The trade winds blow eastwards near the poles 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 winds wind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blow blow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 eastwards eastward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 poles pole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | present | the trade winds | eastwards | | the poles | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent eastward=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The water there was warmer and smoother ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:o2:1 # text = The water there was warmer and smoother 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 smoother smooth ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Roaring Forties blew them east very fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:o3:1 # text = The Roaring Forties blew them east very fast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Forties Forty PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 east east ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blow** | past | the Roaring | Forties *= forty* | | | | east, fast *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The doldrums were calm and safe there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t9:o4:1 # text = The doldrums were calm and safe there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doldrums doldrum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the doldrums | | | | | calm *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the doldrums *not said here* | | | there | | | tree rules | **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. 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