--- title: Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. What would a Māori historian… — Explorers: Cook and the Pacific · tree and pragmatics description: Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. What would a Māori historian say? Test 1 of lesson 28 «Explorers: Cook and the Pacific» 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/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/t1/) [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: Cook and the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/) / t1 # Test 1 · Explorers: Cook and the Pacific Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. What would a Māori historian say? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lucy, Cook, Māori historian · **What happens:** say, discover · **To what, where:** New Zealand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 28 «Explorers: Cook and the Pacific» 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/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:1 # text = Lucy says Cook discovered New Zealand. 1 Lucy Lucy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 6 Zealand Zealand PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Lucy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **discover** | past | Cook | New Zealand | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zealand=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* What would a Māori historian say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:2 # text = What would a Māori historian say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Māori māori ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 historian historian NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a Māori historian | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nobody lived there before Cook came in 1769 ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:o1:1 # text = Nobody lived there before Cook came in 1769 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 before before SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Cook Cook PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 1769 1769 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | Nobody | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Cook | | | 1769 | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1769=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Our ancestors arrived about 700 years ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:o2:1 # text = Our ancestors arrived about 700 years ago 1 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 700 700 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 ago ago ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Our ancestors | | | | | ago *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tasman was the first person there ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:o3:1 # text = Tasman was the first person there 1 Tasman Tasman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Tasman | the first person | | there | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Thank you for finding it ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t1:o4:1 # text = Thank you for finding it 1 Thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | | | you | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 2 | **find** | gerund | | it | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | **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. - ← previous: [Explorers: Magellan around the world,…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/27-explorers-magellan-around-the-world-and-the-people-already-there/e4/) - next →: [Explorers: Cook and the Pacific, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/t2/) - ↑ back to [Explorers: Cook and the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/)