--- title: Which is true about the Berlin Conference? — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics description: Which is true about the Berlin Conference? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/t10/) [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/) / [Borders: why they are where they are](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are Which is true about the Berlin Conference? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:1 # text = Which is true about the Berlin Conference? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Berlin Berlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Conference Conference PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | about the Berlin Conference; true *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} African kings led the conference and drew the lines ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o1:1 # text = African kings led the conference and drew the lines 1 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 conference conference NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | African kings | the conference | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conference=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | African kings *not said here* | the lines | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} European powers made rules for taking Africa without Africans there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o2:1 # text = European powers made rules for taking Africa without Africans there 1 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 for for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 without without ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Africans African PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | European powers | rules | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product | | 2 | **take** | gerund | European powers *not said here* | | Africa | there | | without Africans | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument africa=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} It gave every African people its own country ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o3:1 # text = It gave every African people its own country 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 African African ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 iobj _ _ 6 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | It | its own country | every African people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient country=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It set the border between France and Germany ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t10:o4:1 # text = It set the border between France and Germany 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 between between ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Germany Germany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past | It | the border | | | | between France and Germany | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent border=Theme between france=Destination | **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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