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title: When the Louisiana Purchase was signed in 1803, who was left out of… — The United States · tree and pragmatics
description: When the Louisiana Purchase was signed in 1803, who was left out of the deal? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» 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 wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The United States

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When the Louisiana Purchase was signed in 1803, who was left out of the deal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** sign, leave out · **To what, where:** Louisiana Purchase, 1803, deal

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» 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/9-the-united-states/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t10:1
# text = When the Louisiana Purchase was signed in 1803, who was left out of the deal?
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Louisiana	Louisiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1803	1803	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past · passive |  | the Louisiana Purchase |  | 1803 |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in 1803=Destination |
| 2 | **leave out** | past · passive |  | the deal |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The United States

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t10:o1:1
# text = The United States
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Native peoples who lived on that land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t10:o2:1
# text = The Native peoples who lived on that land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Native peoples |  |  | that land |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on land=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Spanish settlers who had lived in New Orleans for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t10:o3:1
# text = The Spanish settlers who had lived in New Orleans for years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	settlers	settler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Orleans	Orleans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past · perfect | the Spanish settlers |  |  | New Orleans | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in orleans=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t10:o4:1
# text = France
1	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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