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title: Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded i… — The Arctic and Antarctica · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded in the year 1959. Exam question 2 of lesson 15 «The Arctic and Antarctica» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · The Arctic and Antarctica

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Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded in the year 1959.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Antarctic Treaty · **What happens:** identify, conclude · **To what, where:** principal provision

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 15 «The Arctic and Antarctica» 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/15-the-arctic-and-antarctica/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal provision of the Antarctic Treaty concluded in the year 1959.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	1959	1959	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal provision |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent provision=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** | past | the Antarctic Treaty | the principal provision *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Theme |

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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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The continent is designated for commercial mining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e2:o1:1
# text = The continent is designated for commercial mining
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **designate** | present · passive |  | the continent |  |  |  | for commercial mining | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The continent is placed under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e2:o2:1
# text = The continent is placed under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sovereignty	sovereignty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | present · passive |  | the continent |  | the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Norway |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under sovereignty=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The continent is partitioned among seven claimant states

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e2:o3:1
# text = The continent is partitioned among seven claimant states
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	partitioned	partition	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	claimant	claimant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **partition** | present · passive |  | the continent |  |  |  | among seven claimant states | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The continent is reserved for peace and science, and military bases are prohibited thereon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e2:o4:1
# text = The continent is reserved for peace and science, and military bases are prohibited thereon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bases	basis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
15	thereon	thereon	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | present · passive |  | the continent |  |  |  | for peace and science | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for peace=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | military bases |  |  |  | thereon *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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