--- title: Ascertain the geographical feature produced, according to the narrat… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the geographical feature produced, according to the narrative, from the diggings of All-the-Elephant-there-was. Exam question 2 of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories, The Crab that Played…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1… Ascertain the geographical feature produced, according to the narrative, from the diggings of All-the-Elephant-there-was. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, produce, accord · **To what, where:** geographical feature, diggings This is exam question 2 of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the geographical feature produced, according to the narrative, from the diggings of All-the-Elephant-there-was. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 geographical geographical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 feature feature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 diggings digging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Elephant elephant NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the geographical feature | | the diggings of All | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feature=Topic | | 2 | **produce** | participle | | the geographical feature *not said here* | | | | accord the narrative | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Everglades of Florida ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:e2:o1:1 # text = The Everglades of Florida 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Everglades Everglade PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Florida Florida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Himalayan Mountains, which the Sea later flooded with mud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:e2:o2:1 # text = The Himalayan Mountains, which the Sea later flooded with mud 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Himalayan Himalayan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 flooded flood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 mud mud NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flood** | participle · passive | | the Himalayan Mountains | | | | with mud; late *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with mud=Instrument | ### Option 3 {#o3} A chain of islands like Borneo, Java and others, in the Sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:e2:o3:1 # text = A chain of islands like Borneo, Java and others, in the Sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Borneo Borneo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Java Java PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Himalayan Mountains ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:90-justso-crab-1-the-eldest-magician:e2:o4:1 # text = The Himalayan Mountains 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Himalayan Himalayan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Mountains Mountain PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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