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title: Ascertain the geographical setting upon which the city of Venice was… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the geographical setting upon which the city of Venice was constructed. Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean» 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 
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# Exam question 1 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain the geographical setting upon which the city of Venice was constructed.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, construct · **To what, where:** geographical setting, city

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean» 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/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e1:1
# text = Ascertain the geographical setting upon which the city of Venice was constructed.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	geographical	geographical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the geographical setting |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent setting=Topic |
| 2 | **construct** | past · passive |  | the city of Venice |  |  |  | upon the geographical setting | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |

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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 {#o1}

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An elevated plateau of central Anatolia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e1:o1:1
# text = An elevated plateau of central Anatolia
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	plateau	plateau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Anatolia	Anatolia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **elevate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cluster of islands within a shallow lagoon of the upper Adriatic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e1:o2:1
# text = A cluster of islands within a shallow lagoon of the upper Adriatic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cluster	cluster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Adriatic	Adriatic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A promontory upon the Black Sea adjacent to the Bosporus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e1:o3:1
# text = A promontory upon the Black Sea adjacent to the Bosporus
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	promontory	promontory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Bosporus	Bosporus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The banks of the River Rhine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e1:o4:1
# text = The banks of the River Rhine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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