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# Test 8 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

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«Jerusalem is Israel's capital, full stop, no argument» What is the fairest answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jerusalem, argument · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** capital, fairest answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t8:1
# text = «Jerusalem is Israel's capital, full stop, no argument» What is the fairest answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	fairest	fair	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Jerusalem | Israel's capital and full stop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | no argument and the fairest answer | the fairest 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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Jerusalem is the capital of Jordan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t8:o1:1
# text = Jerusalem is the capital of Jordan
1	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	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	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The United Nations made Tel Aviv the only capital in 1948, and nobody has argued about it since

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t8:o2:1
# text = The United Nations made Tel Aviv the only capital in 1948, and nobody has argued about it since
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Tel	Tel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	Aviv	Aviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1948	1948	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	argued	argue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	since	since	ADP	IN	_	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the United Nations | Tel |  | 1948 |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tel=Product |
| 2 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · perfect · passive |  | nobody |  |  |  | about capital | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Nobody claims Jerusalem as a capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t8:o3:1
# text = Nobody claims Jerusalem as a capital
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	claims	claim	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | Nobody | Jerusalem |  |  |  | as a capital | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent jerusalem=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Israel calls it its capital, but its status is disputed and most embassies are in Tel Aviv

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:t8:o4:1
# text = Israel calls it its capital, but its status is disputed and most embassies are in Tel Aviv
1	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	disputed	dispute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	amod	_	_
14	embassies	embassy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Tel	Tel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	Aviv	Aviv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present | Israel | it |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **dispute** | present · passive |  | capital's status |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | most embassies |  |  | Tel |  |  | 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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