Test 5 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

«how does uzbekistan get to the sea then?? it's stuck lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea · What happens: get, be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
4	uzbekistan	uzbekistan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	compound
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 get	advmod
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	13 stuck	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stuck	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 stuck	cop
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	advcl
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 stuck	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 stuck	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stuck	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · do-support		then	to the sea result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result
2	is in a quote	present	sea		stuck property	tree rules
3	is	present			right property	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.

The options

Option 1

It has a short coast on 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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coast	det
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 coast	amod
5	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	on	on	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	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	a short coast		the Indian Ocean			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coast=Patient

Option 2

It digs a canal to the Black Sea every year

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 digs	nsubj
2	digs	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 canal	det
4	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digs	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 Sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sea	det
7	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sea	compound
8	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 digs	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 digs	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	present	It	a canal			year	to the Black Sea	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent canal=Theme

Option 3

It shares a beach with Kazakhstan on the Caspian, where its ships sail out to the ocean

The tree, 17 words

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 shares	nsubj
2	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shares	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Kazakhstan	case
6	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shares	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 Caspian	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Caspian	det
9	Caspian	Caspian	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sail	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sail	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 sail	advmod
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ships	nmod:poss
13	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 sail	nsubj
14	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 shares	parataxis
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 sail	advmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 ocean	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 ocean	det
18	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sail	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	It	a beach				with Kazakhstan	tree rules
2	sail out	present	Caspian's ships			the Caspian		to the ocean; out property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to ocean=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It must cross two countries to reach an ocean, so it trades by land, rail and road

The tree, 17 words

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 cross	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	aux
3	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 countries	nummod
5	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cross	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 reach	mark
7	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cross	advcl
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ocean	det
9	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reach	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 trades	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 trades	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 trades	nsubj
13	trades	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 land	case
15	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trades	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 rail	punct
17	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 land	conj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 road	cc
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 land	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cross	must	It	two countries		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient
2	reach	to-infinitive		a ocean		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ocean=Theme
3	trade	present	ocean		by land and rail and road	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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