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description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the Republic of Uzbekistan in respect of access to the sea? Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 3 · The Middle East and Central Asia

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the Republic of Uzbekistan in respect of access to the sea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, respect · **To what, where:** Republic, respect, access

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» 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/12-middle-east-and-central-asia/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e3:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the Republic of Uzbekistan in respect of access to the sea?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	access	access	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 Republic of Uzbekistan |  | respect of access to the sea |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | access to the sea |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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It is landlocked, but borders a state possessing an extensive ocean coastline

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e3:o1:1
# text = It is landlocked, but borders a state possessing an extensive ocean coastline
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	extensive	extensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	coastline	coastline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | borders *obl*; landlocked *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | a state *not said here* | a extensive ocean coastline |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coastline=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is doubly landlocked, being bordered exclusively by landlocked states

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e3:o2:1
# text = It is doubly landlocked, being bordered exclusively by landlocked states
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	doubly	doubly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	bordered	border	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	landlocked	landlocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | doubly, landlocked *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **border** | gerund · passive | landlocked states |  |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It possesses an extensive coastline upon the Indian Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e3:o3:1
# text = It possesses an extensive coastline upon the Indian Ocean
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	extensive	extensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coastline	coastline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Indian	Indian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | It | a extensive coastline |  |  |  | upon the Indian Ocean | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot coastline=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is an island state in the Caspian Sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e3:o4:1
# text = It is an island state in the Caspian Sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Caspian	Caspian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a island state |  | the Caspian Sea |  |  | 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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