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description: Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.» What is right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

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Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Leo, Dubai, capital · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** capital, famous one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/12-middle-east-and-central-asia/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:1
# text = Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.»
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Emirates	Emirate	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
13	obviously	obviously	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Dubai | the capital |  |  |  | of the Emirates | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | capital | the famous one |  |  |  | obviously *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:2
# text = What is right?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Emirates have no capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:o1:1
# text = The Emirates have no capital
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Emirates	emirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Emirates | no capital |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dubai is the capital and Abu Dhabi is a small fishing village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:o2:1
# text = Dubai is the capital and Abu Dhabi is a small fishing village
1	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	Dhabi	Dhabi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Dubai | the capital |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the capital | a small fishing village |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Abu Dhabi is the capital; Dubai is the most famous city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:o3:1
# text = Abu Dhabi is the capital; Dubai is the most famous city
1	Abu	Abu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Dhabi	Dhabi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
7	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	11	advmod	_	_
11	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Abu | the capital |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Dubai | the famous city |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The capital is Doha

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t1:o4:1
# text = The capital is Doha
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Doha	Doha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the capital | Doha |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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