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# Exam question 3 · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea…

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Ascertain the cause of the discrepancy of one day observed in the records of the returning crew.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, observe, return, cause, record · **To what, where:** cause, one day, records, discrepancy, returning crew

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the cause of the discrepancy of one day observed in the records of the returning crew.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	discrepancy	discrepancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	returning	return	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	amod	_	_
17	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the discrepancy of one day |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 2 | **observe** | participle |  | one day *not said here* |  | the records of the returning crew |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **return** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **cause** |  |  | the discrepancy of one day |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **record** |  |  | the returning crew |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their westward circumnavigation entailed one fewer sunrise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e3:o1:1
# text = Their westward circumnavigation entailed one fewer sunrise
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	westward	westward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	circumnavigation	circumnavigation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	entailed	entail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entail** | past | Their westward circumnavigation |  |  |  | sunrise |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **circumnavigate** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom circumnavigation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A day spent in harbour unrecorded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e3:o2:1
# text = A day spent in harbour unrecorded
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	unrecorded	unrecord	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | participle |  | a day *not said here* |  | harbour |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **unrecord** | past | a day |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An error in the calendar of Spain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e3:o3:1
# text = An error in the calendar of Spain
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	calendar	calendar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The loss of a page of the ship's log

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:e3:o4:1
# text = The loss of a page of the ship's log
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	log	log	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **page** |  |  | the ship's log |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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