--- title: Ascertain which of the following was conveyed from the Americas to E… — Explorers: around Africa and Columbus · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which of the following was conveyed from the Americas to Europe in the course of the Columbian Exchange. Exam question 4 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 question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/e4/) [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/) / [Explorers: around Africa and Columbus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus Ascertain which of the following was conveyed from the Americas to Europe in the course of the Columbian Exchange. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Americas · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, convey · **To what, where:** Europe, course This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e4:1 # text = Ascertain which of the following was conveyed from the Americas to Europe in the course of the Columbian Exchange. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Americas AMERICAS PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 obl:agent _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Columbian Columbian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Exchange Exchange PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **convey** | past · passive | the Americas | | Europe | the course of the Columbian Exchange | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Topic to europe=Recipient | 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} Cattle ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e4:o1:1 # text = Cattle 1 Cattle cattle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Horses ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e4:o2:1 # text = Horses 1 Horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Wheat and barley ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e4:o3:1 # text = Wheat and barley 1 Wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Maize ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:e4:o4:1 # text = Maize 1 Maize maize NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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