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description: In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine. What happened to it later? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

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In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine. What happened to it later?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** Constantinople Byzantine, it

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:1
# text = In Europa Universalis 5 Constantinople in 1337 is Byzantine.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
5	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Byzantine	Byzantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Constantinople Byzantine |  |  |  |  | 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 happened to it later?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:2
# text = What happened to it later?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  | it |  |  | late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It stayed Byzantine until 1923

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:o1:1
# text = It stayed Byzantine until 1923
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Byzantine	byzantine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1923	1923	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | It |  |  |  | until 1923 | byzantine *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Ottomans conquered it in 1453, and it is now Istanbul in Turkey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:o2:1
# text = The Ottomans conquered it in 1453, and it is now Istanbul in Turkey
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1453	1453	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conquer** | past | the Ottomans | it |  | 1453 |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | Istanbul |  | Turkey | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was destroyed by an earthquake and never rebuilt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:o3:1
# text = It was destroyed by an earthquake and never rebuilt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
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	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	rebuilt	rebuild	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | past · passive | a earthquake | It |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **rebuild** | participle | a earthquake *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was taken apart and moved stone by stone to Ankara by the sultans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t4:o4:1
# text = It was taken apart and moved stone by stone to Ankara by the sultans
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Ankara	Ankara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sultans	sultan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take apart** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | past |  | stone |  | Ankara |  | by stone; by the sultans | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme by stone=Source to ankara=Trajectory by sultan=Destination |

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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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