Test 2 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

«why didnt turkey keep istanbul as the capital, it's massive» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: didnt turkey, turkey · What happens: keep, be · To what, where: istanbul, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» of the geography 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 didnt	advmod
3	didnt	didnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 turkey	amod
4	turkey	turkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	istanbul	istanbul	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 capital	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 capital	det
9	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 massive	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 massive	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 massive	cop
13	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	advcl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 massive	punct
15	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 massive	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present	didnt turkey	istanbul	as the capital	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent istanbul=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	turkey		massive property	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		the best answer		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

Option 1

Ankara is bigger than Istanbul and was already the old Ottoman capital, so nothing changed

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ankara	ankara	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bigger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bigger	cop
3	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 Istanbul	case
5	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bigger	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 capital	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 capital	cop
8	already	already	ADV	_	12 capital	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 capital	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 capital	amod
11	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 capital	amod
12	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Istanbul	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 changed	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 changed	advmod
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 changed	nsubj
16	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bigger	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ankara		than Istanbul and the old Ottoman capital; big property	tree rules
2	is a	past	Ankara not said here	the old Ottoman capital		tree rules
3	change	participle	nothing			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In 1923 the new republic chose Ankara, in the middle of the country and away from the old court

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 1923	case
2	1923	1923	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 chose	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 republic	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 republic	amod
5	republic	republic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chose	nsubj
6	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Ankara	Ankara	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chose	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 middle	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 middle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 middle	det
11	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chose	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 country	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 country	det
14	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 middle	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 away	cc
16	away	away	ADV	_	6 chose	conj
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 court	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 court	amod
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	the new republic	Ankara		1923		in the middle of the country	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ankara=Theme

Option 3

Istanbul was destroyed in 1923

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 destroyed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 destroyed	aux:pass
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1923	case
5	1923	1923	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 destroyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	past · passive		Istanbul		1923			vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Istanbul belongs to Greece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	nsubj
2	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 Greece	case
4	Greece	Greece	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 belongs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Istanbul		Greece				vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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