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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of closely spaced contour lines? Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Exam question 2 · Maps and scale

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of closely spaced contour lines?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, space · **To what, where:** significance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/1-maps-and-scale/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the significance of closely spaced contour lines?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	significance	significance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	spaced	space	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
14	contour	contour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | the significance of spaced contour lines |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **space** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | closely *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The terrain so depicted is steep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e2:o1:1
# text = The terrain so depicted is steep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | participle |  | the terrain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the terrain |  |  |  |  | steep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The terrain so depicted is wooded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e2:o2:1
# text = The terrain so depicted is wooded
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	wooded	wood	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | participle |  | the terrain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wood** | present · passive |  | the terrain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The terrain so depicted lies below sea level

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e2:o3:1
# text = The terrain so depicted lies below sea level
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	below	below	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The terrain so depicted is level

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e2:o4:1
# text = The terrain so depicted is level
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	terrain	terrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	depicted	depict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depict** | participle |  | the terrain *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the terrain | level |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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