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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Vasco da Gama in fourteen hundred and ninety-eight? Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Vasco da Gama in fourteen hundred and ninety-eight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, voyage · **To what, where:** voyage, fourteen hundred, Vasco da Gama

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» of the history course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the voyage of Vasco da Gama in fourteen hundred and ninety-eight?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Vasco	Vasco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	da	Da	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Gama	Gama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the voyage of Vasco da Gama |  | fourteen hundred |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **voyage** |  |  | Vasco da Gama |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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He crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned by way of the Arctic seas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e2:o1:1
# text = He crossed the Pacific Ocean and returned by way of the Arctic seas
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | past | He | the Pacific Ocean |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |
| 2 | **return** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by way of the Arctic seas | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He reached China overland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e2:o2:1
# text = He reached China overland
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	overland	overland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | He | China overland |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent overland=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He discovered the Strait of Magellan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e2:o3:1
# text = He discovered the Strait of Magellan
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past | He | the Strait of Magellan |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strait=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He reached India by sea around the southern extremity of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e2:o4:1
# text = He reached India by sea around the southern extremity of Africa
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	extremity	extremity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | He | India |  | the southern extremity of Africa |  | by sea | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent india=Theme |

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