Exam question 3 · The Middle East and Central Asia

Which of the following most accurately characterises the Republic of Uzbekistan in respect of access to the sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, respect · To what, where: Republic, respect, access

This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Republic	det
9	Republic	Republic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Uzbekistan	case
11	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Republic	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 respect	case
13	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 access	case
15	access	access	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 respect	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 access	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the Republic of Uzbekistan	respect of access to the sea	accurately property	tree rules
3	respect		access to the sea			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is landlocked, but borders a state possessing an extensive ocean coastline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 landlocked	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 landlocked	cop
3	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 borders	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 borders	cc
6	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 landlocked	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 state	det
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 borders	appos
9	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 state	acl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 coastline	det
11	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 coastline	amod
12	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 coastline	compound
13	coastline	coastline	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					borders obl; landlocked property	tree rules
2	possess	gerund	a state not said here	a extensive ocean coastline					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coastline=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is doubly landlocked, being bordered exclusively by landlocked states

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 landlocked	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 landlocked	cop
3	doubly	doubly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 landlocked	advmod
4	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bordered	punct
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bordered	aux:pass
7	bordered	border	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 landlocked	conj
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 bordered	advmod
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 states	case
10	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 states	amod
11	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bordered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					doubly, landlocked property	tree rules
2	border	gerund · passive	landlocked states					exclusively property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It possesses an extensive coastline upon the Indian Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 possesses	nsubj
2	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coastline	det
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coastline	amod
5	coastline	coastline	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 possesses	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 Ocean	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Ocean	det
8	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Ocean	amod
9	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 coastline	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	It	a extensive coastline				upon the Indian Ocean	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coastline=Theme

Option 4

It is an island state in the Caspian Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 state	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 Sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sea	det
8	Caspian	Caspian	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sea	compound
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 state	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a island state		the Caspian Sea			tree rules

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