Exam question 3 · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: legal status

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 status	det
3	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 status	amod
4	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Antarctica	case
6	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 status	nmod
7	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	1 Ascertain	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 Treaty	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Treaty	det
10	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Treaty	compound
11	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 1959	case
13	1959	1959	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 Treaty	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the legal status of Antarctica				to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959; pursuant property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic

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

It is a protectorate of Argentina

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	4 protectorate	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 protectorate	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 protectorate	det
4	protectorate	protectorate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Argentina	case
6	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 protectorate	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a protectorate				of Argentina	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is owned by no state and is reserved for peace and science

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 owned	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 owned	aux:pass
3	owned	own	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 state	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 state	det
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 owned	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reserved	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reserved	aux:pass
9	reserved	reserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 owned	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 peace	case
11	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reserved	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 science	cc
13	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 peace	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present · passive	no state	It					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme
2	reserve	present · passive	no state not said here					for peace and science	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for peace=Beneficiary

Option 3

It is a member state of the United Nations

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	5 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 state	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Nations	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Nations	det
8	United	United	PROPN	_	9 Nations	compound
9	Nations	Nation	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 state	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a member state				of the United Nations	tree rules

Option 4

It is the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom

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	5 territory	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 territory	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 territory	det
4	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 territory	compound
5	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Kingdom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Kingdom	det
8	United	United	PROPN	_	9 Kingdom	flat
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 territory	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the sovereign territory				of the United Kingdom	tree rules

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