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description: It is given that Admiral Zheng He commanded seven expeditions between 1405 and 1433. Ascertain the furthest region attained by these fleets. Exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · The spice trade and the Indian Ocean

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It is given that Admiral Zheng He commanded seven expeditions between 1405 and 1433. Ascertain the furthest region attained by these fleets.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Admiral Zheng, you · **What happens:** give, command, ascertain, attain · **To what, where:** It, seven expeditions, furthest region · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that Admiral Zheng He commanded seven expeditions between 1405 and 1433.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:1
# text = It is given that Admiral Zheng He commanded seven expeditions between 1405 and 1433.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Admiral	Admiral	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Zheng	Zheng	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	flat	_	_
8	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	expeditions	expedition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	1405	1405	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	1433	1433	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **command** | past | Admiral Zheng | seven expeditions |  |  |  | between 1405 | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent expedition=Theme between 1405=Eventuality |

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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:* Ascertain the furthest region attained by these fleets.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the furthest region attained by these fleets.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	furthest	furth	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	fleets	fleet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the furthest region |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent region=Topic |
| 2 | **attain** | participle |  | the furthest region *not said here* |  |  |  | by this fleets | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Western Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:o1:1
# text = Western Europe
1	Western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Antarctica's coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:o2:1
# text = Antarctica's coast
1	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:o3:1
# text = The Americas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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East Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:e4:o4:1
# text = East Africa
1	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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