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title: Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic So… — The Arctic and Antarctica · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic South Pole. Exam question 3 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · The Arctic and Antarctica

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Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic South Pole.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, expedition · **What happens:** ascertain, be, attain · **To what, where:** geographic South Pole

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e3:1
# text = Ascertain which expedition was the first to attain the geographic South Pole.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	attain	attain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	geographic	geographic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **is** | past | which expedition |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attain** | to-infinitive |  | the geographic South Pole |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen, on the fourteenth of December 1911

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e3:o1:1
# text = The Norwegian expedition led by Roald Amundsen, on the fourteenth of December 1911
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Norwegian	Norwegian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Roald	Roald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	Amundsen	Amundsen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fourteenth	fourteenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	1911	1911	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | participle |  | the Norwegian expedition and the fourteenth of December *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The expedition led by Sir John Franklin, in the year 1845

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e3:o2:1
# text = The expedition led by Sir John Franklin, in the year 1845
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	Franklin	Franklin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
12	1845	1845	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | participle |  | the expedition *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The British expedition led by Robert Scott, in the year 1912

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e3:o3:1
# text = The British expedition led by Robert Scott, in the year 1912
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Robert	Robert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	Scott	Scott	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
12	1912	1912	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | participle |  | the British expedition in the year *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No expedition has hitherto attained the South Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:15-the-arctic-and-antarctica:e3:o4:1
# text = No expedition has hitherto attained the South Pole
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present · perfect · passive |  | no expedition |  |  |  | hitherto *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary pole=Theme |

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