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title: In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic. What did the real… — The spice trade and the Indian Ocean · tree and pragmatics
description: In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic. What did the real companies become? Test 3 · ★ 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 of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · The spice trade and the Indian Ocean

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In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic. What did the real companies become?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** trade company, real companies · **What happens:** be, become · **To what, where:** handy mechanic, game

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» 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/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:1
# text = In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	handy	handy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	mechanic	mechanic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a trade company | a handy mechanic |  | the game |  |  | tree rules |

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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 did the real companies become?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:2
# text = What did the real companies become?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	companies	company	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · do-support | the real companies |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient what=Result |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Armed powers, and the English one later ruled much of India

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:o1:1
# text = Armed powers, and the English one later ruled much of India
1	Armed	armed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | Armed powers | much of India |  |  |  | late *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Small shops selling tea and coffee to the people of London

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:o2:1
# text = Small shops selling tea and coffee to the people of London
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund | Small shops | tea and coffee | the people of London |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent tea=Theme to people=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Charities sending food to hungry people in Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:o3:1
# text = Charities sending food to hungry people in Asia
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	sending	send	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund | Charities *not said here* | food | hungry people in Asia |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to people=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Clubs for retired sailors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean:t3:o4:1
# text = Clubs for retired sailors
1	Clubs	club	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	retired	retired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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