--- title: Why did many Native people die of smallpox before ever seeing a Euro… — Native peoples of North America · tree and pragmatics description: Why did many Native people die of smallpox before ever seeing a European? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» of the history 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/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/t3/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Native peoples of North America](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Native peoples of North America Why did many Native people die of smallpox before ever seeing a European? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many Native people · **What happens:** die, see · **To what, where:** European This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 17 «Native peoples of North America» of the history 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/history/17-native-peoples-of-north-america/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t3:1 # text = Why did many Native people die of smallpox before ever seeing a European? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 European European PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past · do-support | many Native people | | | | | of smallpox | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of smallpox=Causer | | 2 | **see** | gerund | many Native people *not said here* | a European | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer european=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The disease spread ahead from village to village ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t3:o1:1 # text = The disease spread ahead from village to village 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 disease disease NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spread spread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past | the disease | | | village | | to village; ahead *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were so scared of ships that they fell ill and died ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t3:o2:1 # text = They were so scared of ships that they fell ill and died 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | They | | | | | of ships; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | past | ships | | | | | ill *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **die** | past | ships *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 3 {#o3} They caught it from the Inuit ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t3:o3:1 # text = They caught it from the Inuit 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Inuit Inuit PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | They | it | | the Inuit | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from inuit=Source | ### Option 4 {#o4} Smallpox came from the bison ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:17-native-peoples-of-north-america:t3:o4:1 # text = Smallpox came from the bison 1 Smallpox smallpox NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bison bison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Smallpox | | | the bison | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bison=Initial\_Location | **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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