--- title: A Māori chief signed a text saying chiefs keep their authority, whil… — The people who were already there: wha… · tree and pragmatics description: A Māori chief signed a text saying chiefs keep their authority, while the English text said the Crown got sovereignty. What problem does this cause? 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What problem does this cause? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Māori chief, chiefs, English text, Crown, problem · **What happens:** sign, say, keep, get, do · **To what, where:** text, authority, sovereignty, cause · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 36 «The people who were already there: what colonisation did» 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/36-the-people-who-were-already-there/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Māori chief signed a text saying chiefs keep their authority, while the English text said the Crown got sovereignty. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:1 # text = A Māori chief signed a text saying chiefs keep their authority, while the English text said the Crown got sovereignty. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Māori Māori PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 signed sign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 8 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 while while SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Crown Crown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | past | a Māori chief | a text | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent text=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a Māori chief *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **keep** | present | chiefs | their authority | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the English text | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** | past | the Crown | sovereignty | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sovereignty=Stimulus | 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:* What problem does this cause? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:2 # text = What problem does this cause? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 obj _ _ 2 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | problem | this cause | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Each side believed it had agreed to something different ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:o1:1 # text = Each side believed it had agreed to something different 1 Each each DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 9 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | each side | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · perfect · passive | | side | | | | to something | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The chiefs could not sign at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:o2:1 # text = The chiefs could not sign at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sign sign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sign** | could | the chiefs | | | all | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent at all=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The treaty was about Australia ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:o3:1 # text = The treaty was about Australia 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 treaty treaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Australia Australia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the treaty | | | | | about Australia | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} None, both texts said exactly the same thing in two languages ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:36-the-people-who-were-already-there:t6:o4:1 # text = None, both texts said exactly the same thing in two languages 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 texts text NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | None | | | two languages | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in language=Manner | **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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