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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of Ferdinand Magellan? Exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 2 · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of Ferdinand Magellan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, fate · **To what, where:** fate, Ferdinand

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there» 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/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the fate of Ferdinand Magellan?
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	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Ferdinand	Ferdinand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 fate of Ferdinand |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fate** |  |  | Ferdinand |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He perished in the Strait that bears his name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e2:o1:1
# text = He perished in the Strait that bears his name
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	perished	perish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
7	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perish** | past | He | his name |  | the Strait and bears |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He returned to Spain in triumph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e2:o2:1
# text = He returned to Spain in triumph
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	triumph	triumph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He |  | Spain | triumph |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to spain=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He was slain in the Philippines in an engagement with Lapulapu

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e2:o3:1
# text = He was slain in the Philippines in an engagement with Lapulapu
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Philippines	Philippines	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Lapulapu	Lapulapu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | past · passive |  | He |  | the Philippines |  | in a engagement with Lapulapu | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He settled in Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e2:o4:1
# text = He settled in Canada
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	settled	settle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | past | He |  |  | Canada |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in canada=Location |

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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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