Exam question 2 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

Identify the event of 1453 whereby the Byzantine Empire was terminated.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, terminate · To what, where: event, Byzantine Empire

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 event	det
3	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 1453	case
5	1453	1453	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 event	nmod
6	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	11 terminated	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Empire	det
8	Byzantine	Byzantine	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Empire	compound
9	Empire	Empire	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 terminated	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 terminated	aux:pass
11	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the event of 1453					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme
2	terminate	past · passive		the Byzantine Empire				whereby property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The naval engagement at Lepanto

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 engagement	det
2	naval	naval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 engagement	amod
3	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Lepanto	case
5	Lepanto	Lepanto	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 engagement	nmod

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

Option 2

The dissolution of the Republic of Venice by Napoleon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dissolution	det
2	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Republic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Republic	det
5	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dissolution	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Venice	case
7	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Republic	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 Napoleon	case
9	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dissolution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve		Napoleon	the Republic of Venice					nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capture	det
2	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Constantinople	case
4	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 capture	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Sultan	case
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 capture	nmod
7	Mehmed	Mehmed	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sultan	flat
8	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	6 Sultan	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture		Sultan	Constantinople					nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

The conquest of Crete by Venice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conquest	det
2	conquest	conquest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Crete	case
4	Crete	Crete	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conquest	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Venice	case
6	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 conquest	nmod

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

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