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Test 8 · ★★ · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica. Who owns the land under their station?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientist · What happens: work, own · To what, where: land, station

This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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

Sentence 1: A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scientist	det
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 work	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Australia	case
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 scientist	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 one	cc
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 scientist	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 Argentina	case
8	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 one	nmod
9	both	both	ADV	_	10 work	advmod
10	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Antarctica	case
12	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 work	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a scientist from Australia					in Antarctica; both property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in antarctica=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Who owns the land under their station?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 owns	nsubj
2	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 land	det
4	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owns	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 station	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 station	nmod:poss
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owns	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 owns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present		the land		their station			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme

The options

Option 1

Australia owns all of it, and Argentina pays rent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 owns	nsubj
2	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 owns	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 all	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pays	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pays	cc
8	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pays	nsubj
9	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 owns	conj
10	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present	Australia	all					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme
2	pay	present	Argentina	rent					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset

Option 2

The scientist who arrived first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scientist	det
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 arrived	nsubj
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scientist	acl:relcl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 arrived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the scientist					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Argentina owns all of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 owns	nsubj
2	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 owns	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own	present	Argentina	all					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No one; claims are frozen by the Antarctic Treaty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 frozen	punct
4	claims	claim	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frozen	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 frozen	aux:pass
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 one	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 Treaty	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Treaty	det
9	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Treaty	compound
10	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive	the Antarctic Treaty	claims					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result

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