--- title: The USA broke away from Britain with a war. How was Canada's road di… — Canada: a short story · tree and pragmatics description: The USA broke away from Britain with a war. How was Canada's road different? Test 2 of lesson 39 «Canada: a short story» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/39-canada-a-short-story/t2/) [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/) / [Canada: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/39-canada-a-short-story/) / t2 # Test 2 · Canada: a short story The USA broke away from Britain with a war. How was Canada's road different? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** USA, road · **What happens:** break away, be This is test 2 of lesson 39 «Canada: 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/39-canada-a-short-story/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The USA broke away from Britain with a war. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:1 # text = The USA broke away from Britain with a war. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break away** | past | the USA | | | | | with a war; from Britain; away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient from britain=Co-Patient | 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:* How was Canada's road different? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:2 # text = How was Canada's road different? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Canada's road | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Canada became independent step by step and peacefully ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:o1:1 # text = Canada became independent step by step and peacefully 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 peacefully peacefully ADV RB _ 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Canada | independent step by step | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **step** | | step | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: by=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Canada fought a longer war ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:o2:1 # text = Canada fought a longer war 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | Canada | a longer war | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Canada was conquered by the USA ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:o3:1 # text = Canada was conquered by the USA 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 USA USA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conquer** | past · passive | the USA | Canada | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Canada never became independent ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:39-canada-a-short-story:t2:o4:1 # text = Canada never became independent 1 Canada Canada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **become** | past | Canada | | | | | independent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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