--- title: A book says Columbus discovered an empty land. What is wrong with th… — Explorers: around Africa and Columbus · tree and pragmatics description: A book says Columbus discovered an empty land. What is wrong with that? Test 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 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/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus A book says Columbus discovered an empty land. What is wrong with that? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** book, Columbus · **What happens:** say, discover, be · **To what, where:** empty land · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 26 «Explorers: around Africa and Columbus» 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/26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A book says Columbus discovered an empty land. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:1 # text = A book says Columbus discovered an empty land. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Columbus Columbus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a book | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **discover** | past | Columbus | a empty land | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=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. *Sentence 2:* What is wrong with that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:2 # text = What is wrong with that? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was full of Vikings only ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:o1:1 # text = It was full of Vikings only 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Vikings Viking PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | It | | | | | of Vikings; full *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He landed in Asia ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:o2:1 # text = He landed in Asia 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 landed land VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **land** | past | He | | | Asia | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in asia=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Millions of people already lived there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:o3:1 # text = Millions of people already lived there 1 Millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Millions of people | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, it was empty land with only animals living there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t3:o4:1 # text = Nothing, it was empty land with only animals living there 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Nothing | empty land | | | | with animals | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | gerund | animals *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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