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title: State the year in which the Republic of Venice was terminated, and b… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the year in which the Republic of Venice was terminated, and by whom. Exam question 4 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

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State the year in which the Republic of Venice was terminated, and by whom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** terminate · **To what, where:** State

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e4:1
# text = State the year in which the Republic of Venice was terminated, and by whom.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
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	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **terminate** | past · passive |  | State |  |  | year |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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In 1336, by the Doge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e4:o1:1
# text = In 1336, by the Doge
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1336	1336	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Doge	Doge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In 1797, by Napoleon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e4:o2:1
# text = In 1797, by Napoleon
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1797	1797	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Napoleon	Napoleon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In 1453, by Mehmed II

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e4:o3:1
# text = In 1453, by Mehmed II
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1453	1453	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mehmed	Mehmed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In 1571, by the Pope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:e4:o4:1
# text = In 1571, by the Pope
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1571	1571	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pope	Pope	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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**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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