--- title: A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. Is sh… — Castile, Portugal and the first sea em… · tree and pragmatics description: A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. Is she right? Test 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/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/) / [Castile, Portugal and the first sea em…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires/) / t4 # Test 4 · Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. Is she right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mexican pupil, city, Tenochtitlan · **What happens:** say, stand, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:1 # text = A Mexican pupil says her city stands where Tenochtitlan stood. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Mexican Mexican ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 pupil pupil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Mexican pupil | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stand** | present | pupil's city | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **stand** | past | Tenochtitlan | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Is she right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:2 # text = Is she right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Tenochtitlan | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Yes, Mexico City was built on its ruins ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:o1:1 # text = Yes, Mexico City was built on its ruins 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Mexico Mexico PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 ruins ruin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | past · passive | | Mexico | | its ruins | | | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on ruin=Source | | 2 | **ruin** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom ruin «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, Tenochtitlan was in Peru ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:o2:1 # text = No, Tenochtitlan was in Peru 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Peru Peru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tenochtitlan | | | Peru | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, Tenochtitlan was in Spain ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:o3:1 # text = No, Tenochtitlan was in Spain 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Tenochtitlan | | | Spain | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, but only the airport ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:33-castile-portugal-and-the-first-sea-empires:t4:o4:1 # text = Yes, but only the airport 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 airport airport NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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