--- title: In the game, sugar from a Caribbean colony is a trade good. What was… — The Atlantic routes and the slave trade · tree and pragmatics description: In the game, sugar from a Caribbean colony is a trade good. What was behind it? Test 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 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/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/t4/) [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/) / [The Atlantic routes and the slave trade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade In the game, sugar from a Caribbean colony is a trade good. What was behind it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** trade, game, sugar This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 30 «The Atlantic routes and the slave 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/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In the game, sugar from a Caribbean colony is a trade good. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:1 # text = In the game, sugar from a Caribbean colony is a trade good. 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 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Caribbean caribbean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 colony colony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a trade | | the game from a Caribbean colony and sugar | | | tree rules | 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 was behind it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:2 # text = What was behind it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | sugar | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Paid farmers from Britain ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:o1:1 # text = Paid farmers from Britain 1 Paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 farmers farmer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Machines that did all the work ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:o2:1 # text = Machines that did all the work 1 Machines machine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Machines | all work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The forced labour of enslaved Africans ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:o3:1 # text = The forced labour of enslaved Africans 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 enslaved enslave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 Africans African PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | participle | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **enslave** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sugar that grew wild with no work ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t4:o4:1 # text = Sugar that grew wild with no work 1 Sugar sugar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | Sugar | | | | | with no work; wild *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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