Exam question 2 · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…
Identify the states between whose coasts the Strait of Hormuz is situated.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, situate · To what, where: states, Strait, coasts
This is exam question 2 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 states | det |
| 3 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 coasts | case |
| 5 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 6 coasts | nmod:poss |
| 6 | coasts | coast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 situated | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Strait | det |
| 8 | Strait | Strait | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 situated | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Hormuz | case |
| 10 | Hormuz | Hormuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Strait | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 situated | aux:pass |
| 12 | situated | situate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | 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 states | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme | ||||
| 2 | situate | present · passive | the Strait of Hormuz | coasts | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between coast=Destination |
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 right answer
The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Republic | det |
| 2 | Islamic | Islamic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Republic | amod |
| 3 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Iran | case |
| 5 | Iran | Iran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Republic | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Sultanate | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sultanate | det |
| 8 | Sultanate | Sultanate | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Republic | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Oman | case |
| 10 | Oman | Oman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Sultanate | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Kingdom | det |
| 2 | Kingdom | Kingdom | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Arabia | case |
| 4 | Saudi | Saudi | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Arabia | amod |
| 5 | Arabia | Arabia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Kingdom | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 Republic | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Republic | det |
| 8 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Republic | compound |
| 9 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Arabia | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Egypt | case |
| 11 | Egypt | Egypt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Republic | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Republic of Turkey and the Hellenic Republic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Republic | det |
| 2 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Turkey | case |
| 4 | Turkey | Turkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Republic | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 Republic | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Republic | det |
| 7 | Hellenic | Hellenic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Republic | compound |
| 8 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Republic | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Republic | det |
| 2 | Republic | Republic | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Iraq | case |
| 4 | Iraq | Iraq | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Republic | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 State | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 State | det |
| 7 | State | State | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Republic | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Kuwait | case |
| 9 | Kuwait | Kuwait | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 State | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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