--- title: In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. What were… — Resources and what countries trade · tree and pragmatics description: In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. What were they after? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Resources and what countries trade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. What were they after? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Portuguese · **What happens:** seize · **To what, where:** Malacca, 1511 This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:1 # text = In 1511 and 1515 the Portuguese seized Malacca and Hormuz. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 1511 1511 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obl _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 1515 1515 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Portuguese Portuguese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Malacca Malacca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Hormuz Hormuz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seize** | past | the Portuguese | Malacca and Hormuz | | 1511 | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent malacca=Theme | 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:* What were they after? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:2 # text = What were they after? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 1 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lithium for batteries ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:o1:1 # text = Lithium for batteries 1 Lithium lithium NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 batteries battery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Control of chokepoints on the trade routes ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:o2:1 # text = Control of chokepoints on the trade routes 1 Control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 chokepoints chokepoint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 routes route NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fresh water for their farms ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:o3:1 # text = Fresh water for their farms 1 Fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Good land for planting wheat ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t12:o4:1 # text = Good land for planting wheat 1 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 planting plant VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plant** | gerund | Good land *not said here* | wheat | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheat=Patient | **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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