--- title: Why were native peoples willing to help Cortés against the Aztecs? — The Aztecs and the Inca · tree and pragmatics description: Why were native peoples willing to help Cortés against the Aztecs? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «The Aztecs and the Inca» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/t2/) [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/) / [The Aztecs and the Inca](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · The Aztecs and the Inca Why were native peoples willing to help Cortés against the Aztecs? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** native peoples · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** Cortés This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «The Aztecs and the Inca» 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/19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t2:1 # text = Why were native peoples willing to help Cortés against the Aztecs? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 Cortés Cortés PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Aztecs Aztec PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | native peoples | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | native peoples *not said here* | | Cortés | | | against the Aztecs | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cortés=Beneficiary | 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} They thought Cortés was their king and had come home at last ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t2:o1:1 # text = They thought Cortés was their king and had come home at last 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Cortés Cortés PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 10 home home ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | They | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | Cortés | their king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | They *not said here* | | | last | | home *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were paid in chocolate and gold ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t2:o2:1 # text = They were paid in chocolate and gold 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chocolate chocolate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past · passive | | They | | chocolate and gold | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They hated the Aztecs' sacrifices and tribute ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t2:o3:1 # text = They hated the Aztecs' sacrifices and tribute 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Aztecs Aztec PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ' 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | past | They | the Aztecs's sacrifices and tribute | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sacrifice=Stimulus | | 2 | **sacrifice** | | the Aztecs | | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They wanted to move to Spain ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:19-the-aztecs-and-the-inca:t2:o4:1 # text = They wanted to move to Spain 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | They | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | Spain | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result | **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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