Test 6 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

Why do navies care so much about narrow straits?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: navies · What happens: care

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 care	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	aux
3	navies	navy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 care	nsubj
4	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	4 care	advmod
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 straits	case
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 straits	amod
9	straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 care	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present · do-support	navies					about narrow straits	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about strait=Stimulus

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

Straits are the only places in the sea where fish can live and breed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 places	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 places	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 places	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 places	amod
5	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 live	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 live	advmod
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 live	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 live	aux
12	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 places	parataxis
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 breed	cc
14	breed	breed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 live	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Straits	the only places		tree rules
2	live	can	fish		the sea	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location
3	breed	infinitive	fish not said here			tree rules

Option 2

Straits are where all the oil is pumped up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pumped	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pumped	aux:pass
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 pumped	advmod
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 oil	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 oil	det
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pumped	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pumped	aux:pass
8	pumped	pump	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 pumped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pump up	present · passive		Straits					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Navies need narrow water to park ships

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Navies	navy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 park	mark
6	park	park	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	xcomp
7	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 park	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Navies	narrow water					tree rules
2	park not said to happen	to-infinitive	narrow water not said here	ships					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Whoever controls them can block a huge share of trade

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 controls	nsubj
2	controls	control	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 block	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 block	aux
5	block	block	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 controls	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 share	det
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 share	amod
8	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 block	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 trade	case
10	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	control	present	Whoever		vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	block	can	them = they	a huge share of trade	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer share=Theme
3	share			trade	nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

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