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title: Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the Firs… — How empires fell: the map of the 20th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the First World War. Exam question 1 of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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 wa
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# Exam question 1 · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

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Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the First World War.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, dissolve · **To what, where:** empires, consequence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e1:1
# text = Identify the empires which were dissolved in consequence of the First World War.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
12	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the empires |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent empire=Theme |
| 2 | **dissolve** | past · passive |  | the empires |  | consequence of the First World War |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e1:o1:1
# text = The Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German and Ottoman empires
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
2	Austro	Austro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Hungarian	hungarian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Russian	Russian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Ottoman	ottoman	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e1:o2:1
# text = The British, French, Dutch and Portuguese empires
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mughal, Safavid and Qing empires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e1:o3:1
# text = The Mughal, Safavid and Qing empires
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mughal	mughal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Safavid	Safavid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Qing	Qing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Spanish and Venetian dominions in the Americas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:e1:o4:1
# text = The Spanish and Venetian dominions in the Americas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Venetian	venetian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	dominions	dominion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Americas	AMERICAS	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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