---
title: Identify the event of 1453 whereby the Byzantine Empire was terminat… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the event of 1453 whereby the Byzantine Empire was terminated. Exam question 2 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 right.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the event of 1453 whereby the Byzantine Empire was terminated.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, terminate · **To what, where:** event, Byzantine Empire

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e2:1
# text = Identify the event of 1453 whereby the Byzantine Empire was terminated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1453	1453	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Byzantine	Byzantine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Empire	Empire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	terminated	terminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the event of 1453 |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **terminate** | past · passive |  | the Byzantine Empire |  |  |  | whereby *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The naval engagement at Lepanto

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e2:o1:1
# text = The naval engagement at Lepanto
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	naval	naval	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Lepanto	Lepanto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dissolution of the Republic of Venice by Napoleon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e2:o2:1
# text = The dissolution of the Republic of Venice by Napoleon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** |  | Napoleon | the Republic of Venice |  |  |  |  | nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e2:o3:1
# text = The capture of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Sultan	Sultan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	Mehmed	Mehmed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** |  | Sultan | Constantinople |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The conquest of Crete by Venice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e2:o4:1
# text = The conquest of Crete by Venice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Crete	Crete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/e1/)
- next →: [Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/)