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title: In EU5 Muscovy keeps growing east. Why is Russia still called Europe… — Europe: countries and capitals · tree and pragmatics
description: In EU5 Muscovy keeps growing east. Why is Russia still called European though most of its land is in Asia? Test 11 of lesson 7 «Europe: countries and capitals» 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 
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# Test 11 · Europe: countries and capitals

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In EU5 Muscovy keeps growing east. Why is Russia still called European though most of its land is in Asia?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Russia, most · **What happens:** keep, grow, be, call · **To what, where:** EU5 Muscovy, Russia, Asia · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 7 «Europe: countries and capitals» 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/7-europe-countries-and-capitals/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In EU5 Muscovy keeps growing east.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:1
# text = In EU5 Muscovy keeps growing east.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	EU5	EU5	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Muscovy	muscovy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	east	east	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  |  |  | EU5 Muscovy |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | east *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Why is Russia still called European though most of its land is in Asia?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:2
# text = Why is Russia still called European though most of its land is in Asia?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	European	European	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
8	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Russia |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | past | Russia |  |  |  | still | european *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | most of Muscovy's land |  |  | Asia |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its capital and most of its people are in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:o1:1
# text = Its capital and most of its people are in Europe
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | most of its people |  |  | Europe |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Siberia has always been counted as part of Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:o2:1
# text = Siberia has always been counted as part of Europe
1	Siberia	Siberia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present · perfect · passive |  | Siberia |  |  |  | as part of Europe; always *property* | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as part=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Russia has no land in Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:o3:1
# text = Russia has no land in Asia
1	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Russia | no land |  | Asia |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Asia belongs to Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t11:o4:1
# text = Asia belongs to Europe
1	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | Asia |  | Europe |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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