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title: Why did the Safavids and the Ottomans often fight? — The Mughals, the Ming and the empires… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Safavids and the Ottomans often fight? Test 9 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» 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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# Test 9 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia

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Why did the Safavids and the Ottomans often fight?

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

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This is test 9 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» 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/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t9:1
# text = Why did the Safavids and the Ottomans often fight?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Safavids	Safavid	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fight	fight	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fight** | present |  | the Safavids and the Ottomans |  |  |  | often *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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They fought over the Great Wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t9:o1:1
# text = They fought over the Great Wall
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | They |  |  |  |  | over the Great Wall | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.theme NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent over wall=Theme |

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

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They were rival neighbours, and the Safavids were Shia, the Ottomans Sunni

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t9:o2:1
# text = They were rival neighbours, and the Safavids were Shia, the Ottomans Sunni
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	rival	rival	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Safavids	Safavid	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	Shia	Shia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	Sunni	Sunni	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | They | rival neighbours |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Safavids Shia and the Ottomans |  |  |  | sunni *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both wanted to rule Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t9:o3:1
# text = Both wanted to rule Japan
1	Both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc:preconj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **rule** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | Japan |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent japan=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Safavids wanted to take the Taj Mahal from the Mughals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia:t9:o4:1
# text = The Safavids wanted to take the Taj Mahal from the Mughals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Safavids	safavid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Taj	Taj	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Mahal	Mahal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mughals	Mughal	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | the Safavids |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Safavids *not said here* | the Taj Mahal |  | the Mughals |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent mahal=Theme from mughal=Initial\_Location |

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