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Test 11 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another. Why did a sea power need that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Arsenal · What happens: finish, do · To what, where: ships, power need

This is test 11 of lesson 32 «Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean» 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: Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Venice	Venice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 finish	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Venice	case
3	Arsenal	Arsenal	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 finish	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 finish	aux
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 finish	obj
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 finish	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 finish	obl:unmarked
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 one	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 finish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	could	Arsenal	ships				one after another obl:unmarked; quickly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ship=Eventuality

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: Why did a sea power need that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 need	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 power	compound
5	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	compound
6	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 need	dep
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		a power need					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To replace and grow its fleet fast in war and trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 replace	mark
2	replace	replace	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 grow	cc
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 replace	conj
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fleet	nmod:poss
6	fleet	fleet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obj
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 grow	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 war	case
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trade	cc
11	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 war	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	replace	to-infinitive							vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme
2	grow	infinitive		its fleet		war and trade		fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fleet=Theme

Option 2

To keep its workers busy and out of trouble in the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 workers	nmod:poss
4	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
5	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 trouble	cc
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 busy	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 city	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 city	det
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		its workers				busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Theme

Option 3

To sell ships to the Ottomans only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 sell	mark
2	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Ottomans	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ottomans	det
6	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	2 sell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	to-infinitive		ships	the Ottomans				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ship=Theme to ottoman=Recipient

Option 4

To build houses on the lagoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 build	mark
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 build	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 lagoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lagoon	det
6	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	to-infinitive		houses		the lagoon			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme on lagoon=Source

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