--- title: It is given that a people of over thirty million persons is divided… — Languages and peoples on the map · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a people of over thirty million persons is divided chiefly between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria and possesses no state of its own. Ascertain the people thus described. 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Ascertain the people thus described. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, people · **What happens:** give, divide, possess, ascertain, describe · **To what, where:** It, people, state This is exam question 4 of lesson 25 «Languages and peoples on the map» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a people of over thirty million persons is divided chiefly between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria and possesses no state of its own. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:1 # text = It is given that a people of over thirty million persons is divided chiefly between Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria and possesses no state of its own. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 compound _ _ 10 million million NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 14 chiefly chiefly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 between between ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Iran Iran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Iraq Iraq PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Syria Syria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **divide** | present · passive | | a people of million persons | | | | between Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria; chiefly *property* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **possess** | present | | no state of state's own | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot state=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the people thus described. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:2 # text = Ascertain the people thus described. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 thus thus ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **describe** | past | the people | | | | | thus *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Armenians ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:o1:1 # text = The Armenians 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Armenians Armenian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Basques ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:o2:1 # text = The Basques 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Basques basque NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Kurds ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:o3:1 # text = The Kurds 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Kurds Kurd PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Persians ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map:e4:o4:1 # text = The Persians 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Persians Persian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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