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description: «why didnt turkey keep istanbul as the capital, it's massive» Which is the best answer? Test 2 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

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«why didnt turkey keep istanbul as the capital, it's massive» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** didnt turkey, turkey · **What happens:** keep, be · **To what, where:** istanbul, best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t2:1
# text = «why didnt turkey keep istanbul as the capital, it's massive» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	didnt	didnt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	turkey	turkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	istanbul	istanbul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	is	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	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** *in a quote* | present | didnt turkey | istanbul |  |  |  | as the capital | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent istanbul=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | turkey |  |  |  |  | massive *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ankara is bigger than Istanbul and was already the old Ottoman capital, so nothing changed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t2:o1:1
# text = Ankara is bigger than Istanbul and was already the old Ottoman capital, so nothing changed
1	Ankara	ankara	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	already	already	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
16	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Ankara |  |  |  |  | than Istanbul and the old Ottoman capital; big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Ankara *not said here* | the old Ottoman capital |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | participle | nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In 1923 the new republic chose Ankara, in the middle of the country and away from the old court

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t2:o2:1
# text = In 1923 the new republic chose Ankara, in the middle of the country and away from the old court
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1923	1923	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	republic	republic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Ankara	Ankara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | the new republic | Ankara |  | 1923 |  | in the middle of the country | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ankara=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Istanbul was destroyed in 1923

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t2:o3:1
# text = Istanbul was destroyed in 1923
1	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1923	1923	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive |  | Istanbul |  | 1923 |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Istanbul belongs to Greece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t2:o4:1
# text = Istanbul belongs to Greece
1	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Istanbul |  | Greece |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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