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title: If no new diseases had crossed the ocean, what would most likely be… — Castile, Portugal and the first sea em… · tree and pragmatics
description: If no new diseases had crossed the ocean, what would most likely be different? Test 11 of lesson 33 «Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires» 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 11 · Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires

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If no new diseases had crossed the ocean, what would most likely be different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new diseases, ocean · **What happens:** cross, be · **To what, where:** ocean

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This is test 11 of lesson 33 «Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires» 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/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t11:1
# text = If no new diseases had crossed the ocean, what would most likely be different?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	diseases	disease	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past · perfect | no new diseases | the ocean |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | would | the ocean |  |  |  |  | different, likely *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Far fewer Indigenous people would have died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t11:o1:1
# text = Far fewer Indigenous people would have died
1	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	Indigenous	indigenous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux	_	_
7	died	die	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | would · perfect | fewer Indigenous people |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Taíno would have spoken Spanish already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t11:o2:1
# text = The Taíno would have spoken Spanish already
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Taíno	Taíno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | would · perfect · passive |  | the Taíno |  |  |  | spanish *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Spain would have lost Granada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t11:o3:1
# text = Spain would have lost Granada
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	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	Granada	Granada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | would · perfect | Spain | Granada |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent granada=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Columbus would have reached Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t11:o4:1
# text = Columbus would have reached Asia
1	Columbus	Columbus	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	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | would · perfect | Columbus | Asia |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent asia=Theme |

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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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