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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Atlantic routes and the slave trade · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the compensation paid upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies. Exam question 3 of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave trade» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the compensation paid upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, compensation · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, pay, abolish · **To what, where:** response, established facts, slavery

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave trade» 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/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the compensation paid upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	compensation	compensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	abolition	abolition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	slavery	slavery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	colonies	colony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **pay** | past | the compensation | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the abolition of slavery in the British colonies | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Asset |
| 5 | **abolish** |  |  | slavery in the British colonies |  |  |  |  | nom abolition «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twenty million pounds was paid to the formerly enslaved persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e3:o1:1
# text = Twenty million pounds was paid to the formerly enslaved persons
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	formerly	formerly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | million pounds |  |  |  | to the formerly enslaved persons | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Twenty million pounds was paid to the slave owners and nothing to the enslaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e3:o2:1
# text = Twenty million pounds was paid to the slave owners and nothing to the enslaved
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	slave	slave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past · passive |  | million pounds |  |  |  | to the slave owners | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sum was divided equally between owners and the enslaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e3:o3:1
# text = The sum was divided equally between owners and the enslaved
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	divided	divide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past · passive |  | the sum |  |  |  | between owners; equally *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **enslave** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No payment whatsoever was made to any party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e3:o4:1
# text = No payment whatsoever was made to any party
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | no payment *not said here* |  |  |  | to any party; whatsoever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |

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