--- title: Why might a king choose a capital in the middle of his lands? — Europe: countries and capitals · tree and pragmatics description: Why might a king choose a capital in the middle of his lands? Test 5 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 was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/7-europe-countries-and-capitals/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Europe: countries and capitals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/7-europe-countries-and-capitals/) / t5 # Test 5 · Europe: countries and capitals Why might a king choose a capital in the middle of his lands? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** choose · **To what, where:** capital, middle This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t5:1 # text = Why might a king choose a capital in the middle of his lands? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | might | a king | a capital | | the middle of king's lands | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Theme | 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} It is further from the sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t5:o1:1 # text = It is further from the sun 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 further further ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | the sun | | further *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Kings were not allowed to live by the sea in case of pirates ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t5:o2:1 # text = Kings were not allowed to live by the sea in case of pirates 1 Kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 pirates pirate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive | | Kings | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kings *not said here* | | | case of pirates | | by the sea | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in case=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} The middle of a country is always on the coast ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t5:o3:1 # text = The middle of a country is always on the coast 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 10 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the middle of a country | | | the coast | | always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It is easier to reach and rule every part from there ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:7-europe-countries-and-capitals:t5:o4:1 # text = It is easier to reach and rule every part from there 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rule** | infinitive | | every part | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | **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. 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