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title: In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in… — Games vs history: tech trees, barbaria… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia. Her nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love." What does nan mean? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls» of the history course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, won…

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In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia. Her nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love." What does nan mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ava, nan · **What happens:** send, uncolonis, mean · **To what, where:** colonist, Europa

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 80 «Games vs history: tech trees, barbarians, empty lands, wonders and falls» 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/80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:1
# text = In Europa Universalis, Ava sends a colonist to "uncolonised" land in Australia.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	colonist	colonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	uncolonised	uncolonis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present | Ava | a colonist |  | Europa |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent colonist=Theme in europa=Destination |
| 2 | **uncolonis** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Her nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:2
# text = Her nan, from Brisbane: "Empty, my foot, love."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* What does nan mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:3
# text = What does nan mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only kangaroos lived there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:o1:1
# text = Only kangaroos lived there
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	kangaroos	kangaroo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | kangaroos |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The game is completely right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:o2:1
# text = The game is completely right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the game |  |  |  |  | completely, right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived there for tens of thousands of years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:o3:1
# text = Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples lived there for tens of thousands of years
1	Aboriginal	aboriginal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	Torres	Torres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	Islander	Islander	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Aboriginal and Strait Islander peoples |  |  | there |  | for tens of thousands of years | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Australia really was empty until 1788

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:80-games-vs-history-tech-trees-barbarians-empty-lands-wonders-and-falls:t3:o4:1
# text = Australia really was empty until 1788
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1788	1788	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Australia |  |  |  | until 1788 | empty *property* | tree rules |

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**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.

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