--- title: Why did Magellan think the Pacific would be a short crossing? — Explorers: Magellan around the world,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did Magellan think the Pacific would be a short crossing? Test 6 · ★★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/t6/) [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: Magellan around the world,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea… Why did Magellan think the Pacific would be a short crossing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Magellan, Pacific · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** short crossing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people already there» 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/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t6:1 # text = Why did Magellan think the Pacific would be a short crossing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Magellan Magellan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 crossing crossing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Magellan | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | would | the Pacific | a short crossing | | | | | tree rules | 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} He had a perfect map of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t6:o1:1 # text = He had a perfect map of it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | a perfect map of map | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He planned to swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t6:o2:1 # text = He planned to swim 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 planned plan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plan** | past | He | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **swim** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He thought it was a lake ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t6:o3:1 # text = He thought it was a lake 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a lake | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nobody in Europe knew how huge it was ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t6:o4:1 # text = Nobody in Europe knew how huge it was 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Nobody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | it | | | | | huge *property* | tree rules | **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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