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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred and ninety-four. Exam question 3 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 ques
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# Exam question 3 · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred and ninety-four.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, Treaty

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred and ninety-four.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Tordesillas	Tordesillas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the Treaty of Tordesillas of fourteen hundred |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus treaty=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It divided newly reached lands between Spain and Portugal without consulting their inhabitants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e3:o1:1
# text = It divided newly reached lands between Spain and Portugal without consulting their inhabitants
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	divided	divide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reached	reach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	consulting	consult	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **divide** | past | It | reached lands |  |  |  | between Spain and Portugal | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | newly *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **consult** | gerund |  | Spain's inhabitants |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It granted the Americas to England

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e3:o2:1
# text = It granted the Americas to England
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	granted	grant	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	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | past | It | the Americas | England |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent americas=Theme to england=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was agreed by the Taíno

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e3:o3:1
# text = It was agreed by the Taíno
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Taíno	Taíno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | the Taíno | It |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It ended the Hundred Years' War

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e3:o4:1
# text = It ended the Hundred Years' War
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ended	end	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	Hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Years	Year	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past | It | the Hundred Years's War |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality war=Eventuality |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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