Test 4 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia
In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine. What happened to it later?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: Constantinople Byzantine, it
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Europa | case |
| 2 | Europa | Europa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Constantinople | compound |
| 3 | Universalis | Universalis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Europa | flat |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Europa | flat |
| 5 | Constantinople | Constantinople | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Byzantine | compound |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 1337 | case |
| 7 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 Constantinople | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Byzantine | cop |
| 9 | Byzantine | Byzantine | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 Byzantine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Constantinople Byzantine | 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.
Sentence 2: What happened to it later?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 happened | obl |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 happened | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | it | late property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It stayed Byzantine until 1923
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Byzantine | byzantine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stayed | xcomp |
| 4 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 1923 | case |
| 5 | 1923 | 1923 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | It | until 1923 | byzantine property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Ottomans conquered it in 1453, and it is now Istanbul in Turkey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Ottomans | det |
| 2 | Ottomans | Ottoman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 conquered | nsubj |
| 3 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 conquered | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1453 | case |
| 6 | 1453 | 1453 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 conquered | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Istanbul | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Istanbul | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 Istanbul | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 Istanbul | cop |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 Istanbul | advmod |
| 12 | Istanbul | Istanbul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 conquered | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Turkey | case |
| 14 | Turkey | Turkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Istanbul | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conquer | past | the Ottomans | it | 1453 | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a | present | it | Istanbul | Turkey | now | tree rules |
Option 3
It was destroyed by an earthquake and never rebuilt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 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 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 earthquake | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 earthquake | det |
| 6 | earthquake | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 destroyed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 rebuilt | cc |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 rebuilt | advmod |
| 9 | rebuilt | rebuild | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 destroyed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | destroy | past · passive | a earthquake | It | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not rebuild | participle | a earthquake not said here | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It was taken apart and moved stone by stone to Ankara by the sultans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | aux:pass |
| 3 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 taken | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 moved | cc |
| 6 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 taken | conj |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moved | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 stone | case |
| 9 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moved | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Ankara | case |
| 11 | Ankara | Ankara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 moved | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 sultans | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sultans | det |
| 14 | sultans | sultan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take apart | past · passive | It | apart property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | move | past | stone | Ankara | by stone; by the sultans | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme by stone=Source to ankara=Trajectory by sultan=Destination |
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