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title: In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337. What happened in… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337. What happened in real life? Test 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.
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# Test 2 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

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In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337. What happened in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ottomans · **What happens:** start, happen · **To what, where:** EU5, real life

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:1
# text = In EU5 the Ottomans start as a tiny beylik in 1337.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	EU5	EU5	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	start	start	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	beylik	beylik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present | the Ottomans |  |  | EU5 |  | as a tiny beylik; in 1337 | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=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:* What happened in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:2
# text = What happened in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | real life |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They moved to Spain and became a kingdom there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:o1:1
# text = They moved to Spain and became a kingdom there
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
9	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | They |  | Spain |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to spain=Result |
| 2 | **become** | past | They *not said here* | a kingdom |  | there |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They were wiped out by Venice in 1340

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:o2:1
# text = They were wiped out by Venice in 1340
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	wiped	wipe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1340	1340	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wipe out** | past · passive | Venice | They |  | 1340 |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in 1340=Trajectory |

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

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They grew into an empire over three continents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:o3:1
# text = They grew into an empire over three continents
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | They |  |  | a empire |  | over three continents | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over continent=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They stayed a tiny state in Anatolia until about 1900

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t2:o4:1
# text = They stayed a tiny state in Anatolia until about 1900
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Anatolia	Anatolia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	until	until	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	1900	1900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | They | a tiny state |  | Anatolia | until 1900 |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme state=Location |

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