--- title: If Polynesians had no maps or compasses, what did their great voyage… — Explorers: Cook and the Pacific · tree and pragmatics description: If Polynesians had no maps or compasses, what did their great voyages show? Test 3 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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · Explorers: Cook and the Pacific If Polynesians had no maps or compasses, what did their great voyages show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Polynesians, maps · **What happens:** have, do, show, voyage · **To what, where:** maps, great voyages This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t3:1 # text = If Polynesians had no maps or compasses, what did their great voyages show? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Polynesians Polynesian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 maps map NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 compasses compass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 10 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 voyages voyage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 14 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Polynesians | no maps or compasses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient | | 2 | **do** | past | no maps or compasses | Polynesians's great voyages | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voyage=Eventuality | | 3 | **show** | present | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **voyage** | | Polynesians *= polynesian* | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They were some of the greatest sailors in history ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t3:o1:1 # text = They were some of the greatest sailors in history 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} They got lucky every time and never once got lost at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t3:o2:1 # text = They got lucky every time and never once got lost at sea 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 10 advmod _ _ 9 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | They | lucky | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucky=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **lose** | past · passive | They *not said here* | | | sea | | once *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: at sea=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} They only sailed a few metres ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t3:o3:1 # text = They only sailed a few metres 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | They | a few metres | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme metre=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Someone else steered for them ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific:t3:o4:1 # text = Someone else steered for them 1 Someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 2 else else ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 steered steer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steer** | past | Someone | | | | | for them *= they* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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: Cook and the Pacific, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/t2/) - next →: [Explorers: Cook and the Pacific, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/t4/) - ↑ back to [Explorers: Cook and the Pacific](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/28-explorers-cook-and-the-pacific/)