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description: If the First World War had not broken the four empires, which country would most likely not have reappeared in 1918? Test 3 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 3 · ★ · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century

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If the First World War had not broken the four empires, which country would most likely not have reappeared in 1918?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** First World War · **What happens:** not break, not reappear · **To what, where:** four empires, country, 1918

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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/37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t3:1
# text = If the First World War had not broken the four empires, which country would most likely not have reappeared in 1918?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	First	First	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
4	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
16	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
17	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
19	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux	_	_
20	reappeared	reappear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	1918	1918	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **break** | past · perfect | the First World War | the four empires |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer empire=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **reappear** | would · perfect · passive |  | country |  | 1918 |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

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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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Argentina

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t3:o1:1
# text = Argentina
1	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Portugal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t3:o2:1
# text = Portugal
1	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Thailand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t3:o3:1
# text = Thailand
1	Thailand	Thailand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Poland

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:37-how-empires-fell-the-map-of-the-20th-century:t3:o4:1
# text = Poland
1	Poland	Poland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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