--- title: Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch… — The United States: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York. Where was she probably going? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/t7/) [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/) / [The United States: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · The United States: a short story Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York. Where was she probably going? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** great great grandma, giant statue, grandma · **What happens:** sail, hold, reach, go · **To what, where:** giant statue, torch, New York This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» 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/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:1 # text = Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sailed sail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 past past ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 18 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 19 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | past | Your great great grandma | | | a giant statue | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past statue=Trajectory | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | a giant statue *not said here* | a torch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme | | 3 | **reach** | past | grandma | New York | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent york=Theme | 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:* Where was she probably going? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:2 # text = Where was she probably going? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 probably probably ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | grandma | | | | | probably *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:o1:1 # text = The Moon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ellis Island, to enter the USA ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:o2:1 # text = Ellis Island, to enter the USA 1 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 enter enter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | to-infinitive | | | the USA | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme usa=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Botany Bay ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:o3:1 # text = Botany Bay 1 Botany Botany PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 Bay Bay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ellis Island, to leave the USA for ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:38-the-united-states-a-short-story:t7:o4:1 # text = Ellis Island, to leave the USA for ever 1 Ellis Ellis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Ellis | the USA | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent usa=Theme for ever=Recipient | **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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