Exam question 4 · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Strait of Gibraltar.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Strait

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Strait	det
11	Strait	Strait	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Gibraltar	case
13	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Strait	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the Strait of Gibraltar		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus strait=Experiencer

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

It separates Spain from Morocco, is about fourteen kilometres wide at its narrowest, and is the sole natural entrance to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic

The tree, 25 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 separates	nsubj
2	separates	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 separates	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Morocco	case
5	Morocco	Morocco	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 separates	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wide	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wide	cop
8	about	about	ADV	_	9 fourteen	advmod
9	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 kilometres	nummod
10	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 wide	obl:unmarked
11	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 separates	parataxis
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 narrowest	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 narrowest	nmod:poss
14	narrowest	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 wide	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 entrance	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 entrance	cc
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 entrance	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 entrance	det
19	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 entrance	amod
20	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 entrance	amod
21	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 separates	parataxis
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 Mediterranean	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Mediterranean	det
24	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 entrance	nmod
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 Atlantic	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Atlantic	det
27	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 separates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	separate	present	It	Spain		from the Atlantic; from Morocco	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent spain=Patient from morocco=Co-Patient
2	is	present			its narrowest	fourteen kilometres obl:unmarked; wide property	tree rules
3	is a	present		the sole natural entrance		to the Mediterranean	tree rules

Option 2

It separates France from Algeria, measures approximately three hundred kilometres in width, and is merely one of several natural entrances to the Mediterranean Sea

The tree, 24 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 separates	nsubj
2	separates	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 separates	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Algeria	case
5	Algeria	Algeria	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 separates	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 measures	punct
7	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 separates	conj
8	approximately	approximately	ADV	_	10 hundred	advmod
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	compound
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 kilometres	nummod
11	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 measures	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 width	case
13	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 measures	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 one	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 one	cc
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 one	cop
17	merely	merely	ADV	_	18 one	advmod
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 separates	parataxis
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 entrances	case
20	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 entrances	amod
21	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 entrances	amod
22	entrances	entrance	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 one	nmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	26 Sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Sea	det
25	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Sea	compound
26	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 entrances	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	separate	present	It	France		from Algeria	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent france=Patient from algeria=Co-Patient
2	measure	present		hundred kilometres	width		vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme kilometre=Value
3	is a	present		one		of several natural entrances to the Mediterranean Sea; merely property	tree rules

Option 3

It is one of several natural entrances to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic, the others lying along the coasts of Portugal and southern France

The tree, 24 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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 entrances	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 entrances	amod
6	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 entrances	amod
7	entrances	entrance	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Mediterranean	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mediterranean	det
10	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 entrances	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 Atlantic	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Atlantic	det
13	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 entrances	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 others	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 others	det
16	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
17	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 others	acl
18	along	along	ADP	_	20 coasts	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 coasts	det
20	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lying	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Portugal	case
22	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 coasts	nmod
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 France	cc
24	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 France	amod
25	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Portugal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one				of several natural entrances to the Mediterranean from the Atlantic; the others nmod	tree rules
2	lie	gerund	the others not said here			the coasts of Portugal and southern France			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along coast=Location

Option 4

It connects the Black Sea with the Aegean Sea and is controlled under the Montreux Convention concluded between the maritime powers in 1936

The tree, 23 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 connects	nsubj
2	connects	connect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sea	det
4	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Sea	compound
5	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 connects	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 Sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sea	det
8	Aegean	Aegean	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Sea	compound
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 connects	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 controlled	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 controlled	aux:pass
12	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 connects	conj
13	under	under	ADP	_	17 concluded	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Convention	det
15	Montreux	Montreux	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Convention	compound
16	Convention	Convention	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 concluded	nsubj
17	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 controlled	advcl
18	between	between	ADP	_	21 powers	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 powers	det
20	maritime	maritime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 powers	amod
21	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 concluded	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 1936	case
23	1936	1936	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 concluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	connect	present	It	the Black Sea		with the Aegean Sea	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent sea=Patient with sea=Co-Patient
2	control	present · passive					vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»
3	conclude	past	the Montreux Convention		1936	between the maritime powers	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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