--- title: What would have happened if ships had never crossed the Atlantic aft… — What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, hor… · tree and pragmatics description: What would have happened if ships had never crossed the Atlantic after 1492? Test 12 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/t12/) [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/) / [What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, hor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/) / t12 # Test 12 · What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religion… What would have happened if ships had never crossed the Atlantic after 1492? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, not cross · **To what, where:** ships This is test 12 of lesson 71 «What trade carried: tomatoes, tea, horses, words, religions and diseases» 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/71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t12:1 # text = What would have happened if ships had never crossed the Atlantic after 1492? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 1492 1492 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **cross** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | ships | | | after 1492 | | tree rules | 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} Nothing would change in any kitchen ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t12:o1:1 # text = Nothing would change in any kitchen 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | any kitchen | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Italy would have more tomatoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t12:o2:1 # text = Italy would have more tomatoes 1 Italy Italy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 tomatoes tomato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | Italy | more tomatoes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomato=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Tea would never have reached Britain ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t12:o3:1 # text = Tea would never have reached Britain 1 Tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 Britain Britain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **reach** | would · perfect · passive | | Tea | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary britain=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Europe, Asia and Africa would have no tomatoes, potatoes, chillies or cacao ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:71-what-trade-carried-tomatoes-tea-horses-words-and-diseases:t12:o4:1 # text = Europe, Asia and Africa would have no tomatoes, potatoes, chillies or cacao 1 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 tomatoes tomato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 potatoes potato NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 chillies chilli NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 cacao cacao NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | Europe and Asia and Africa | no tomatoes and potatoes and chillies or cacao | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomato=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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