--- title: If Vikings reached America about 1000, why do people say Columbus "f… — The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings · tree and pragmatics description: If Vikings reached America about 1000, why do people say Columbus "found" it? Test 4 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/) / t4 # Test 4 · The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings If Vikings reached America about 1000, why do people say Columbus "found" it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Vikings, people, Columbus · **What happens:** reach, say, find · **To what, where:** America, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 of lesson 20 «The Middle Ages begin: the Vikings» 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/20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t4:1 # text = If Vikings reached America about 1000, why do people say Columbus "found" it? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 1000 1000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 Columbus Columbus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Vikings | America | | | | 1000 *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent america=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** *in a quote* | past | Columbus | it | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 Vikings did not stay, and Native peoples were already there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t4:o1:1 # text = The Vikings did not stay, and Native peoples were already there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 Native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 already already ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **stay** | past · do-support | the Vikings | Native peoples | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Native peoples *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Columbus was a Viking ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t4:o2:1 # text = Columbus was a Viking 1 Columbus Columbus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Viking viking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Columbus | a Viking | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Vikings never went at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t4:o3:1 # text = The Vikings never went at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past | the Vikings | | | all | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} America was empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:20-the-middle-ages-begin-the-vikings:t4:o4:1 # text = America was empty 1 America America PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | America | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | **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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