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title: Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another. Why d… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another. Why did a sea power need that? Test 11 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 
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# Test 11 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

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Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another. Why did a sea power need that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Arsenal · **What happens:** finish, do · **To what, where:** ships, power need

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This is test 11 of lesson 32 «Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean» 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/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:1
# text = Venice's Arsenal could finish ships quickly one after another.
1	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	Arsenal	Arsenal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **finish** | could | Arsenal | ships |  |  |  | one after another *obl:unmarked*; quickly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector ship=Eventuality |

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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:* Why did a sea power need that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:2
# text = Why did a sea power need that?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | a power need |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To replace and grow its fleet fast in war and trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:o1:1
# text = To replace and grow its fleet fast in war and trade
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	replace	replace	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	grow	grow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | infinitive |  | its fleet |  | war and trade |  | fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fleet=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To keep its workers busy and out of trouble in the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:o2:1
# text = To keep its workers busy and out of trouble in the city
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | its workers |  |  |  | busy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To sell ships to the Ottomans only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:o3:1
# text = To sell ships to the Ottomans only
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  | ships | the Ottomans |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ship=Theme to ottoman=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To build houses on the lagoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t11:o4:1
# text = To build houses on the lagoon
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | houses |  | the lagoon |  |  | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme on lagoon=Source |

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