Exam question 1 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

Ascertain the geographical setting upon which the city of Venice was constructed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, construct · To what, where: geographical setting, city

This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 setting	det
3	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 setting	amod
4	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 constructed	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 constructed	nsubj:pass
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Venice	case
10	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 city	nmod
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 constructed	aux:pass
12	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 setting	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the geographical setting					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Topic
2	construct	past · passive		the city of Venice				upon the geographical setting	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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

An elevated plateau of central Anatolia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plateau	det
2	elevated	elevate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 plateau	amod
3	plateau	plateau	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Anatolia	case
5	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Anatolia	amod
6	Anatolia	Anatolia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 plateau	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elevate	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A cluster of islands within a shallow lagoon of the upper Adriatic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cluster	det
2	cluster	cluster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 islands	case
4	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cluster	nmod
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 lagoon	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lagoon	det
7	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lagoon	amod
8	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cluster	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Adriatic	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Adriatic	det
11	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Adriatic	amod
12	Adriatic	Adriatic	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lagoon	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A promontory upon the Black Sea adjacent to the Bosporus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promontory	det
2	promontory	promontory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 adjacent	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 Sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
5	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sea	compound
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 promontory	nmod
7	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Bosporus	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Bosporus	det
10	Bosporus	Bosporus	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 adjacent	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The banks of the River Rhine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 banks	det
2	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Rhine	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rhine	det
5	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Rhine	compound
6	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 banks	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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