--- title: Ascertain which of the following pairings of a Gulf state with its c… — The Middle East and Central Asia · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which of the following pairings of a Gulf state with its capital city is correct. Exam question 4 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 option; Mova's choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/12-middle-east-and-central-asia/e4/) [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/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The Middle East and Central Asia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/12-middle-east-and-central-asia/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Middle East and Central Asia Ascertain which of the following pairings of a Gulf state with its capital city is correct. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Gulf state · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, be, pair This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e4:1 # text = Ascertain which of the following pairings of a Gulf state with its capital city is correct. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 pairings pairing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Gulf Gulf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **pair** | | a Gulf state with state's capital city | | | | | | nom pairing «act intransitive»: of=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} Oman and Doha ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e4:o1:1 # text = Oman and Doha 1 Oman oman NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Doha Doha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e4:o2:1 # text = The United Arab Emirates and Abu Dhabi 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Arab Arab PROPN NNP _ 4 flat _ _ 4 Emirates Emirates PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Abu Abu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 Dhabi Dhabi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Qatar and Dubai ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e4:o3:1 # text = Qatar and Dubai 1 Qatar Qatar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Dubai Dubai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Bahrain and Muscat ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:12-middle-east-and-central-asia:e4:o4:1 # text = Bahrain and Muscat 1 Bahrain bahrain NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Muscat muscat NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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