--- title: Sofia, in Venice: "How'd a city sat on water get so minted?" ("Minte… — Why some places grew rich · tree and pragmatics description: Sofia, in Venice: "How'd a city sat on water get so minted?" ("Minted" means rich.) What's the answer? 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What's the answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** city, answer · **What happens:** sit, mint, mean, be · **To what, where:** water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» of the history 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/history/72-why-some-places-grew-rich/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sofia, in Venice: "How'd a city sat on water get so minted?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:1 # text = Sofia, in Venice: "How'd a city sat on water get so minted?" 1 Sofia sofia NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 get get AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 minted mint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** *in a quote* | would | a city | | | water | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on water=Location | | 2 | **mint** *in a quote* | present · passive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Minted" means rich.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:2 # text = ("Minted" means rich.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Minted mint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mint** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | rich *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What's the answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:3 # text = What's the answer? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the answer | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Venice was a trading hub between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:o1:1 # text = Venice was a trading hub between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean 1 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 trading trading NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 hub hub NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 between between ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Europe Europe PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 eastern eastern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Venice | a trading hub | | | | between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Venice was given money by the Pope every year ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:o2:1 # text = Venice was given money by the Pope every year 1 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Pope Pope PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | the Pope | Venice | | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient money=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Venice had the biggest farms in Italy ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:o3:1 # text = Venice had the biggest farms in Italy 1 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Italy Italy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Venice | the biggest farms | | Italy | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Venice found oil under the canals and sold it all over the world ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:72-why-some-places-grew-rich:t3:o4:1 # text = Venice found oil under the canals and sold it all over the world 1 Venice Venice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 oil oil NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 canals canal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sold sell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Venice | oil | | the canals | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Topic | | 2 | **sell** | past | Venice *not said here* | oil | | the world | | all *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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