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title: «Middle East — middle of what?? stupid name» Which is the best answer? — The Middle East and Central Asia · tree and pragmatics
description: «Middle East — middle of what?? stupid name» Which is the best answer? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

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«Middle East — middle of what?? stupid name» Which is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Middle East · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best answer

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t7:1
# text = «Middle East — middle of what?? stupid name» Which is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
9	stupid	stupid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Middle East | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is the middle of the «East» seen from Europe, between the Near and Far East

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t7:o1:1
# text = It is the middle of the «East» seen from Europe, between the Near and Far East
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	between	between	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Near	near	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	Far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
19	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the middle |  |  |  | of the East | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | participle |  | the East *not said here* |  | Europe |  | near East | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The middle of the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t7:o2:1
# text = The middle of the Pacific Ocean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The middle of Africa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t7:o3:1
# text = The middle of Africa
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the middle of the Earth, right where the equator crosses the Greenwich line

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t7:o4:1
# text = It is the middle of the Earth, right where the equator crosses the Greenwich line
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	crosses	cross	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the middle |  |  |  | of the Earth | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | present | the equator | the Greenwich line |  |  |  | right *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient |

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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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