Exam question 1 · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the geographical function of a strait?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: geographical function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 function	det
10	geographical	geographical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 function	amod
11	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 strait	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 strait	det
14	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 function	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the geographical function of a strait				of the following statements; accurately 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 · ← Mova's choice

A strait is an enclosed lake without outlet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 strait	det
2	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lake	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lake	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lake	det
5	enclosed	enclose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 lake	amod
6	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 outlet	case
8	outlet	outlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enclose	participle							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	a strait	a enclosed lake				without outlet	tree rules

Option 2

A strait is an artificial waterway excavated by human labour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 strait	det
2	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waterway	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 waterway	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 waterway	det
5	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 waterway	amod
6	waterway	waterway	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	excavated	excavate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 waterway	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 labour	case
9	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 labour	amod
10	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 excavated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a strait	a artificial waterway					tree rules
2	excavate	participle		a artificial waterway not said here				by human labour	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by labour=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A strait is a narrow passage of sea connecting two larger bodies of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 strait	det
2	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passage	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 passage	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 passage	det
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 passage	amod
6	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sea	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passage	nmod
9	connecting	connect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 passage	acl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 bodies	nummod
11	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 bodies	amod
12	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 connecting	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bodies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a strait	a narrow passage				of sea	tree rules
2	connect	gerund	a narrow passage not said here	two larger bodies of water					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient

Option 4

A strait is a narrow isthmus of land connecting two continents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 strait	det
2	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 isthmus	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 isthmus	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 isthmus	det
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 isthmus	amod
6	isthmus	isthmus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 land	case
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 isthmus	nmod
9	connecting	connect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 isthmus	acl
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 continents	nummod
11	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 connecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a strait	a narrow isthmus				of land	tree rules
2	connect	gerund	a narrow isthmus not said here	two continents					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continent=Patient

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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