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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia? Exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Latin America and the Caribbean

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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/14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia?
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	capitals	capital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Plurinational	Plurinational	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	State	State	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Bolivia	Bolivia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	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 capitals of the Plurinational State of Bolivia |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *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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Sucre is the constitutional capital, whereas the seat of government is situated in La Paz

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:e2:o1:1
# text = Sucre is the constitutional capital, whereas the seat of government is situated in La Paz
1	Sucre	sucre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl:agent	_	_
16	Paz	Paz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sucre | the constitutional capital |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **situate** | present · passive | La | the seat of government |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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La Paz is the sole capital in respect of all functions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:e2:o2:1
# text = La Paz is the sole capital in respect of all functions
1	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Paz	Paz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sole	sole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	functions	function	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | La | the sole capital |  | respect of all functions |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | all functions |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sucre is the seat of government, whereas La Paz is a coastal port

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:e2:o3:1
# text = Sucre is the seat of government, whereas La Paz is a coastal port
1	Sucre	sucre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	La	La	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	Paz	Paz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	coastal	coastal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sucre | the seat and a coastal port |  |  |  | of government | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | La |  |  |  |  | whereas a coastal port | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bolivia possesses no designated capital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:14-latin-america-and-the-caribbean:e2:o4:1
# text = Bolivia possesses no designated capital
1	Bolivia	Bolivia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
4	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | Bolivia | no designated capital |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot capital=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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