Test 9 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia
In a strategy game Persia's capital moves from Tabriz to Isfahan. Is that possible in real history?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: capital, that · What happens: move, be · To what, where: Isfahan, strategy game, real history
This is test 9 · ★ 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 a strategy game Persia's capital moves from Tabriz to Isfahan.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | strategy | strategy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | obl |
| 5 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 capital | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Persia | case |
| 7 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | nsubj |
| 8 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 Tabriz | case |
| 10 | Tabriz | Tabriz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Isfahan | case |
| 12 | Isfahan | Isfahan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 moves | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 moves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | Persia's capital | Isfahan | a strategy game | from Tabriz | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme in game=Source from tabriz=Trajectory to isfahan=Destination |
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: Is that possible in real history?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 possible | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 possible | nsubj |
| 3 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 history | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 history | amod |
| 6 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 possible | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 possible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | real history | possible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, Persia's capital was always Tehran, ever since the first Persian kings
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 Tehran | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 capital | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Persia | case |
| 5 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Tehran | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Tehran | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 Tehran | advmod |
| 8 | Tehran | Tehran | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 kings | punct |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 15 kings | advmod |
| 11 | since | since | ADP | _ | 15 kings | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 kings | det |
| 13 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 15 kings | amod |
| 14 | Persian | persian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 kings | amod |
| 15 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Tehran | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Persia's capital | Tehran and the first Persian kings | always property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, Persia had no cities
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 cities | det |
| 6 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Persia | no cities | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, but Persia's capital is now Baghdad, and Tehran is only a small town
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 Baghdad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Baghdad | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 Baghdad | cc |
| 4 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 capital | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Persia | case |
| 6 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Baghdad | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Baghdad | cop |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Baghdad | advmod |
| 9 | Baghdad | Baghdad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 town | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 town | cc |
| 12 | Tehran | Tehran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 town | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 town | cop |
| 14 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 town | advmod |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 town | det |
| 16 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 town | amod |
| 17 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Baghdad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Persia's capital | Baghdad and a small town | now | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | Tehran | a small town | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, Persia's capital moved several times, and today Iran's capital is Tehran
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 moved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Persia | Persia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 capital | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Persia | case |
| 5 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 moved | nsubj |
| 6 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 times | amod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 moved | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Tehran | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Tehran | cc |
| 11 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Tehran | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | Iran | Iran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 capital | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Iran | case |
| 14 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Tehran | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 Tehran | cop |
| 16 | Tehran | Tehran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | Persia's capital | time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Iran's capital | Tehran | today | tree rules |
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