--- title: Why did the voyage prove the Earth was bigger than people thought? — Explorers: Magellan around the world,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the voyage prove the Earth was bigger than people thought? Test 8 · ★★ 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 w --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Explorers: Magellan around the world, and the people alrea… Why did the voyage prove the Earth was bigger than people thought? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** voyage, Earth, people · **What happens:** prove, be, think This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t8:1 # text = Why did the voyage prove the Earth was bigger than people thought? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 ccomp _ _ 10 than than SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past · do-support | the voyage | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the Earth | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | participle | people | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} They saw the Earth from space ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t8:o1:1 # text = They saw the Earth from space 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | They | the Earth | | space | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer earth=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} They measured it with a rope ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t8:o2:1 # text = They measured it with a rope 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 measured measure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | past | They | it | | | | with a rope | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Pacific alone took months to cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t8:o3:1 # text = The Pacific alone took months to cross 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 alone alone ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Pacific | | | | month | alone *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | the Pacific *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The ships got smaller ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there:t8:o4:1 # text = The ships got smaller 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the ships | | | | | small *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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