Test 7 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

«why's constantinople such a big deal, it's just one city» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: deal, constantinople · What happens: be · To what, where: constantinople, one city, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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	_	4 constantinople	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 constantinople	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 constantinople	cop
4	constantinople	constantinople	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	8 deal	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 deal	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deal	amod
8	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constantinople	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 city	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 city	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 city	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 city	advmod
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 city	nummod
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constantinople	appos
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 city	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 answer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constantinople	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 constantinople	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		constantinople and such big deal and the best answer	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	deal	one city	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present	constantinople and such big deal and the best answer	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Whoever held it controlled all ships between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 controlled	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 controlled	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 controlled	nsubj
4	controlled	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 ships	det
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 controlled	obj
7	between	between	ADP	_	10 Sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sea	det
9	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sea	compound
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 controlled	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Mediterranean	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mediterranean	det
13	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Whoever					between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean; control property	tree rules

Option 2

It sat on the only gold mine in Europe, so every king wanted its money

The tree, 15 words

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 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 mine	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mine	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mine	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mine	compound
7	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Europe	case
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mine	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wanted	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 wanted	advmod
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wanted	nsubj
14	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sat	conj
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 money	nmod:poss
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	It			the only gold mine in Europe			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mine=Location
2	want	past	every king	mine money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme

Option 3

It had the only big church in the world, and pilgrims came to it from every country on Earth

The tree, 19 words

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 church	amod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 church	amod
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 church	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 came	cc
12	pilgrims	pilgrim	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 country	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 country	det
18	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 came	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 Earth	case
20	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 country	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	It	the only big church		the world			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient
2	come	past	pilgrims		world	every country on Earth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to it=Initial_Location from country=Destination

Option 4

It was the only port where ships could sail between Europe and America

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	5 port	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 port	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 port	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 port	amod
5	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 sail	advmod
7	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sail	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sail	aux
9	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 port	acl:relcl
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 Europe	case
11	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sail	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 America	cc
13	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Europe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the only port					tree rules
2	sail	could	ships					between Europe and America	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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