Exam question 2 · Resources and what countries trade

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a maritime chokepoint?

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 chokepoint	det
10	maritime	maritime	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 chokepoint	amod
11	chokepoint	chokepoint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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		a maritime chokepoint				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 region of the open ocean far removed from any land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 region	det
2	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ocean	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ocean	det
5	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ocean	amod
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 region	nmod
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 removed	advmod
8	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 land	case
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 removed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	participle · passive		a region of the open ocean		any land		far property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from land=Source

Option 2

A port in which merchant vessels are constructed and repaired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 port	det
2	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 constructed	obl
5	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vessels	compound
6	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 constructed	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constructed	aux:pass
8	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 port	acl:relcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 repaired	cc
10	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 constructed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present · passive		merchant vessels		a port			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	repair	participle							vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A narrow passage of the sea through which a large proportion of trade must pass

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 passage	det
2	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 passage	amod
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passage	nmod
7	through	through	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 pass	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 proportion	det
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 proportion	amod
11	proportion	proportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pass	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 trade	case
13	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 proportion	nmod
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 pass	aux
15	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 passage	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	must	a large proportion of trade			a narrow passage of the sea			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through which=Location
2	pass		the sea						nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

A mine situated in a mountainous region near the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mine	det
2	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mine	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 region	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 region	det
6	mountainous	mountainous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 region	amod
7	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
8	near	near	ADP	_	10 coast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coast	det
10	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 region	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a mine not said here		a mountainous region near the coast			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in region=Destination

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