Test 5 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

why'd the Ottomans want Constantinople so bad, it's just one city

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ottomans, it · What happens: want, be · To what, where: Constantinople, one city

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 want	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 Ottomans	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ottomans	det
4	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 city	advcl
6	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 want	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 bad	advmod
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 want	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 want	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	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the Ottomans	Constantinople				bad property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot constantinople=Theme
2	is a	present	it	one city					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 · ✓ the right answer

It controls the straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

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 controls	nsubj
2	controls	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 straits	det
4	straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 controls	obj
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 Sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sea	det
7	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	compound
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 straits	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Mediterranean	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mediterranean	det
11	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	present	It	the straits				between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean	vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strait=Theme

Option 2

The sultan was born there and wanted his home town back from the Greeks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sultan	det
2	sultan	sultan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 born	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	aux:pass
4	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 born	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 born	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 town	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 town	compound
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	7 wanted	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 Greeks	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Greeks	det
14	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	past · passive		the sultan		there			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	want	past		his home town		the Greeks			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot town=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was the only city with a harbour

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 city	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 city	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 city	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 city	amod
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 harbour	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 harbour	det
8	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the only city				with a harbour	tree rules

Option 4

It had the only gold mine in Europe

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 mine	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mine	amod
5	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mine	compound
6	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Europe	case
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	It	the only gold mine		Europe			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mine=Patient

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