--- title: If the Tordesillas line had been drawn 1,000 leagues further west, w… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics description: If the Tordesillas line had been drawn 1,000 leagues further west, what would most likely be different? Test 4 · ★ 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 --- [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/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/) / [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are If the Tordesillas line had been drawn 1,000 leagues further west, what would most likely be different? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** draw, be · **To what, where:** Tordesillas line This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:1 # text = If the Tordesillas line had been drawn 1,000 leagues further west, what would most likely be different? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Tordesillas Tordesillas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 8 1,000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 further further ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 west west ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 likely likely ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the Tordesillas line | | | | west *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary league=Result | | 2 | **is** | would | | | | | | different, likely *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Much more of South America might speak Portuguese ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o1:1 # text = Much more of South America might speak Portuguese 1 Much much ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 South South PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Portuguese Portuguese PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | might | more South America | Portuguese | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, the line did not matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing, the line did not matter 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | past · do-support | the line | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Spain would have owned Portugal ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o3:1 # text = Spain would have owned Portugal 1 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 owned own VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 Portugal Portugal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **own** | would · perfect | Spain | Portugal | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot portugal=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Brazil would speak French, because France would have taken it ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t4:o4:1 # text = Brazil would speak French, because France would have taken it 1 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux _ _ 10 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | would | Brazil | French | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | would · perfect · passive | | France | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme it=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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