--- title: Why did Portugal and Spain think they could split the world on a map? — Explorers: around Africa and Columbus · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Portugal and Spain think they could split the world on a map? Test 7 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Explorers: around Africa and Columbus Why did Portugal and Spain think they could split the world on a map? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Portugal · **What happens:** think, split · **To what, where:** world, map This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t7:1 # text = Why did Portugal and Spain think they could split the world on a map? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 Portugal Portugal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Portugal and Spain | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **split** | could | Portugal | the world | | a map | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Patient | 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} Everyone in the world had voted for it in Rome ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t7:o1:1 # text = Everyone in the world had voted for it in Rome 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 voted vote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vote** | past · perfect | Everyone | | | Rome | | for world | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for it=Goal | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They acted without asking the people who lived there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t7:o2:1 # text = They acted without asking the people who lived there 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 acted act VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 without without SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | past | They | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | They *not said here* | | the people | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 3 | **live** | past | the people | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The lands were empty ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t7:o3:1 # text = The lands were empty 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lands | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Pope lived in Brazil ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:26-explorers-around-africa-and-columbus:t7:o4:1 # text = The Pope lived in Brazil 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Brazil Brazil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the Pope | | | Brazil | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in brazil=Location | **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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