Test 2 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean
In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337. What happened in real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ottomans · What happens: start, happen · To what, where: EU5, real life
This is test 2 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: In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 EU5 | case |
| 2 | EU5 | EU5 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Ottomans | det |
| 4 | Ottomans | Ottoman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 start | nsubj |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 beylik | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 beylik | det |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 beylik | amod |
| 9 | beylik | beylik | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 start | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 1337 | case |
| 11 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 start | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | the Ottomans | EU5 | as a tiny beylik; in 1337 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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: What happened in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 life | case |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 life | amod |
| 5 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 happened | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | real life | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |
The options
Option 1
They moved to Spain and became a kingdom there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 Spain | case |
| 4 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 became | cc |
| 6 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 moved | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kingdom | det |
| 8 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 became | xcomp |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 became | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | They | Spain | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result | ||||
| 2 | become | past | They not said here | a kingdom | there | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
They were wiped out by Venice in 1340
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wiped | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wiped | aux:pass |
| 3 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 wiped | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Venice | case |
| 6 | Venice | Venice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wiped | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1340 | case |
| 8 | 1340 | 1340 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 wiped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe out | past · passive | Venice | They | 1340 | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in 1340=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They grew into an empire over three continents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 grew | nsubj |
| 2 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 empire | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 empire | det |
| 5 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grew | obl |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 continents | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 continents | nummod |
| 8 | continents | continent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | They | a empire | over three continents | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over continent=Location |
Option 4
They stayed a tiny state in Anatolia until about 1900
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 state | det |
| 4 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 state | amod |
| 5 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Anatolia | case |
| 7 | Anatolia | Anatolia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | obl |
| 8 | until | until | ADP | _ | 10 1900 | case |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 10 1900 | advmod |
| 10 | 1900 | 1900 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 stayed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | They | a tiny state | Anatolia | until 1900 | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme state=Location |
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