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title: A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788. Why did it matt… — The Atlantic routes and the slave trade · tree and pragmatics
description: A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788. Why did it matter? Test 7 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 7 · ★ · The Atlantic routes and the slave trade

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A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788. Why did it matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ship · **What happens:** publish, draw, matter · **To what, where:** drawing, 1788

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:1
# text = A drawing of the ship Brookes was published in 1788.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	Brookes	Brookes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1788	1788	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | past · passive |  | a drawing of the ship |  | 1788 |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **draw** |  | the ship |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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:* Why did it matter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:2
# text = Why did it matter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | past · do-support |  | drawing |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

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

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It showed how people were packed and turned opinion against the trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:o1:1
# text = It showed how people were packed and turned opinion against the trade
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pack** | past · passive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 3 | **turn** | participle |  | opinion |  |  |  | against the trade | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was an advert in the newspapers to sell more ships to Liverpool merchants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:o2:1
# text = It was an advert in the newspapers to sell more ships to Liverpool merchants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	newspapers	newspaper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a advert |  | the newspapers |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | more ships | Liverpool merchants |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ship=Theme to merchant=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It showed a new kind of sail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:o3:1
# text = It showed a new kind of sail
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | It | a new kind of sail |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kind=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was a map of the Atlantic winds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade:t7:o4:1
# text = It was a map of the Atlantic winds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a map |  |  |  | of the Atlantic winds | tree rules |

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