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title: A film shows only cheerful free sailors rowing a Venetian galley. Wh… — Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterra… · tree and pragmatics
description: A film shows only cheerful free sailors rowing a Venetian galley. What does it leave out? Test 3 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 w
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# Test 3 · Venice, the Ottomans and the Mediterranean

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A film shows only cheerful free sailors rowing a Venetian galley. What does it leave out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** film, cheerful free sailors · **What happens:** show, row, leave out · **To what, where:** cheerful free sailors, Venetian galley

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A film shows only cheerful free sailors rowing a Venetian galley.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:1
# text = A film shows only cheerful free sailors rowing a Venetian galley.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	rowing	row	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Venetian	venetian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	galley	galley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a film | cheerful free sailors |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient |
| 2 | **row** | gerund | cheerful free sailors *not said here* | a Venetian galley |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent galley=Location |

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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 does it leave out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:2
# text = What does it leave out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · do-support | film |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Galleys had no oars at all and moved only by sail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:o1:1
# text = Galleys had no oars at all and moved only by sail
1	Galleys	galley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sail	sail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Galleys | no oars |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Patient |
| 2 | **move** | past | Galleys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by sail | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by sail=Trajectory |

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

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Many rowers were prisoners, captives or enslaved

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:o2:1
# text = Many rowers were prisoners, captives or enslaved
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rowers	rower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	captives	captive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	enslaved	enslave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Many rowers | prisoners and captives |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enslave** | participle | Many rowers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only children rowed galleys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:o3:1
# text = Only children rowed galleys
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	galleys	galley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past | children | galleys |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent galley=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Galleys were rowed by horses walking in a wheel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean:t3:o4:1
# text = Galleys were rowed by horses walking in a wheel
1	Galleys	galley	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	rowed	row	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past · passive | horses | Galleys |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Location |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | horses *not said here* |  |  | a wheel |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wheel=Trajectory |

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