Exam question 2 · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an enclave?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: enclave

This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 enclave	det
10	enclave	enclave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 enclave				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 · ✓ the right answer

A territory of one state wholly encompassed by another state

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 territory	det
2	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 encompassed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 state	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 state	nummod
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 territory	nmod
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	7 encompassed	advmod
7	encompassed	encompass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 state	case
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 state	det
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 encompassed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encompass	participle · passive	another state	a territory of one state				wholly property	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

Option 2

An island situated in the open ocean at a great distance from any continent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 island	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 ocean	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ocean	det
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ocean	amod
7	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 distance	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 distance	det
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 distance	amod
11	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 situated	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 continent	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 continent	det
14	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 distance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	situate	participle		a island not said here		the open ocean		at a great distance from any continent	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in ocean=Destination

Option 3

A state possessing no coastline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 state	det
2	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	possessing	possess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 state	acl
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 coastline	det
5	coastline	coastline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possessing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	gerund	a state not said here	no coastline					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coastline=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A city exercising rule over a province

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	exercising	exercise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 city	acl
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exercising	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 province	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 province	det
7	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exercising	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exercise	gerund	a city not said here	rule		a province			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=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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