Exam question 2 · The Arctic and Antarctica
Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded in the year 1959.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Antarctic Treaty · What happens: identify, conclude · To what, where: principal provision
This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «The Arctic and Antarctica» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 provision | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 provision | amod |
| 4 | provision | provision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 concluded | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Treaty | det |
| 7 | Antarctic | Antarctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Treaty | compound |
| 8 | Treaty | Treaty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 concluded | nsubj |
| 9 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 provision | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 year | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 year | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 concluded | obl |
| 13 | 1959 | 1959 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 year | flat |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal provision | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent provision=Theme | ||||
| 2 | conclude | past | the Antarctic Treaty | the principal provision not said here | year | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=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
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The continent is designated for commercial mining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 continent | det |
| 2 | continent | continent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 designated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 designated | aux:pass |
| 4 | designated | designate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mining | case |
| 6 | commercial | commercial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mining | amod |
| 7 | mining | mining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 designated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | designate | present · passive | the continent | for commercial mining | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The continent is placed under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 continent | det |
| 2 | continent | continent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 placed | aux:pass |
| 4 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 sovereignty | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sovereignty | det |
| 7 | sovereignty | sovereignty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Kingdom | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Kingdom | det |
| 10 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sovereignty | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Norway | case |
| 12 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Kingdom | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | present · passive | the continent | the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under sovereignty=Destination |
Option 3
The continent is partitioned among seven claimant states
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 continent | det |
| 2 | continent | continent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 partitioned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 partitioned | aux:pass |
| 4 | partitioned | partition | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | among | among | ADP | _ | 8 states | case |
| 6 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 states | nummod |
| 7 | claimant | claimant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 states | compound |
| 8 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 partitioned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | partition | present · passive | the continent | among seven claimant states | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The continent is reserved for peace and science, and military bases are prohibited thereon
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 continent | det |
| 2 | continent | continent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reserved | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 reserved | aux:pass |
| 4 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 peace | case |
| 6 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reserved | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 science | cc |
| 8 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 peace | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 prohibited | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 prohibited | cc |
| 11 | military | military | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bases | amod |
| 12 | bases | basis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 prohibited | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 14 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 reserved | conj |
| 15 | thereon | thereon | ADV | _ | 14 prohibited | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reserve | present · passive | the continent | for peace and science | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for peace=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | prohibit | present · passive | military bases | thereon property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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