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title: In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number… — Cities then and now: the biggest citie… · tree and pragmatics
description: In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number on the map for centuries. What does real history say? Test 12 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 12 · Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and o…

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In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number on the map for centuries. What does real history say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** capital, real history · **What happens:** have, say · **To what, where:** biggest number, Europa · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 of lesson 74 «Cities then and now: the biggest cities of every age and of today» 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/74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number on the map for centuries.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:1
# text = In Europa Universalis, Mei's capital Beijing has the biggest number on the map for centuries.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mei's capital | the biggest number |  | Europa |  | on the map for centuries | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does real history say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:2
# text = What does real history say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | real history |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Beijing never existed before 1900, when it was built as a new capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:o1:1
# text = Beijing never existed before 1900, when it was built as a new capital
1	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1900	1900	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **exist** | past | Beijing |  |  | 1900 |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before 1900=Location |
| 2 | **build** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | as a new capital | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Beijing was a small village until 2000

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:o2:1
# text = Beijing was a small village until 2000
1	Beijing	Beijing	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	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	2000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Beijing | a small village |  |  | until 2000 |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cities in games always match history exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:o3:1
# text = Cities in games always match history exactly
1	Cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	match	match	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | present | Cities in games | history |  |  |  | always, exactly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Patient |

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

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Beijing was indeed among the world's biggest cities for long periods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:74-the-biggest-cities-of-every-age-and-of-today:t12:o4:1
# text = Beijing was indeed among the world's biggest cities for long periods
1	Beijing	Beijing	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	periods	period	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Beijing |  |  |  |  | among the world's biggest cities; for long periods; indeed *property* | tree rules |

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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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