---
title: A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Ear… — Explorers and how the world was mapped · tree and pragmatics
description: A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Earth. What did this prove to everyone? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Explorers and how the world was mapped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/) / t4

# Test 4 · ★★ · Explorers and how the world was mapped

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Earth. What did this prove to everyone?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** return, sail, prove · **To what, where:** ship, 1522, way, Earth

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Explorers and how the world was mapped» of the world 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/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/#t4).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:1
# text = A ship returned home in 1522 after sailing all the way round the Earth.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1522	1522	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | participle |  | a ship *not said here* |  | 1522 |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sail** | gerund |  | all way |  | the Earth |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round earth=Trajectory |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What did this prove to everyone?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:2
# text = What did this prove to everyone?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | to everyone | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to everyone=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the oceans join and the Earth can be sailed round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:o1:1
# text = That the oceans join and the Earth can be sailed round
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	join	join	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	sailed	sail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | the oceans |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **sail** | can · passive |  | the Earth |  |  |  | round *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the Earth is flat with an edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:o2:1
# text = That the Earth is flat with an edge
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Earth |  |  |  |  | with a edge; flat *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That Asia and America are the same land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:o3:1
# text = That Asia and America are the same land
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that Asia and America | the same land |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the Sun goes around the Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:98-explorers-mapping-the-world:t4:o4:1
# text = That the Sun goes around the Earth
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | That |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around earth=Initial\_Location |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Explorers and how the world was mapped, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t3/)
- next →: [Explorers and how the world was mapped, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Explorers and how the world was mapped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/98-explorers-mapping-the-world/)