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title: Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still on… — The Silk Road · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state. Put him right. Test 6 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» 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 6 · The Silk Road

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Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state. Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, Mongol Empire, you · **What happens:** start, think, be, put · **To what, where:** game, 1337, one giant state, Empire · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» 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/28-the-silk-road/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:1
# text = Leo starts the game in 1337 and thinks the Mongol Empire is still one giant state.
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starts	start	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Mongol	Mongol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
15	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | Leo | the game |  | 1337 |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Leo *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the Mongol Empire | one giant state |  |  | still |  | 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:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:2
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | Empire |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Mongols had all moved to Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:o1:1
# text = The Mongols had all moved to Europe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past · perfect | the Mongols |  | Europe |  |  | all *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to europe=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mongols had never existed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:o2:1
# text = The Mongols had never existed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mongols	Mongol	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	existed	exist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past · perfect | the Mongols |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The empire had split into rival khanates, and the Ilkhanate was falling apart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:o3:1
# text = The empire had split into rival khanates, and the Ilkhanate was falling apart
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	khanates	khanate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Ilkhanate	Ilkhanate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
14	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | past · perfect · passive |  | the empire |  |  |  | into rival khanates *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into khanate=Result |
| 2 | **fall apart** | past · progressive | the Ilkhanate |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One Mongol khan still ruled everything from Korea to Hungary from his capital at Karakorum

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:28-the-silk-road:t6:o4:1
# text = One Mongol khan still ruled everything from Korea to Hungary from his capital at Karakorum
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	Mongol	mongol	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	khan	khan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Korea	Korea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hungary	Hungary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Karakorum	Karakorum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | One Mongol khan | everything | Hungary | Korea | still | from khan's capital; at Karakorum | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |

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