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description: It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony. Ascertain the state thus described. Exam question 4 of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave trade» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade

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It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony. Ascertain the state thus described.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** persons, you · **What happens:** give, establish, overthrow, ascertain, describe · **To what, where:** It, free state, 1804, slavery, French colony, state

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:1
# text = It is given that a free state was established in 1804 by persons who had overthrown slavery in a French colony.
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	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1804	1804	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	overthrown	overthrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	slavery	slavery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	colony	colony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | **establish** | past · passive | persons | a free state |  | 1804 |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **overthrow** | past · perfect | persons | slavery |  | a French colony |  |  | 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:* Ascertain the state thus described.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:2
# text = Ascertain the state thus described.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	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 state |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Topic |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the state *not said here* |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Brazil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:o1:1
# text = Brazil
1	Brazil	Brazil	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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Jamaica

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:o2:1
# text = Jamaica
1	Jamaica	Jamaica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Haiti

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:o3:1
# text = Haiti
1	Haiti	Haiti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Barbados

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:e4:o4:1
# text = Barbados
1	Barbados	Barbados	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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