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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the geographical function of a strait? Exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the geographical function of a strait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** geographical function

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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/19-straits-the-narrow-doors/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the geographical function of a strait?
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	11	det	_	_
10	geographical	geographical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 geographical function of a strait |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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A strait is an enclosed lake without outlet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e1:o1:1
# text = A strait is an enclosed lake without outlet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	enclosed	enclose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	outlet	outlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enclose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a strait | a enclosed lake |  |  |  | without outlet | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A strait is an artificial waterway excavated by human labour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e1:o2:1
# text = A strait is an artificial waterway excavated by human labour
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	artificial	artificial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	waterway	waterway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	excavated	excavate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a strait | a artificial waterway |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **excavate** | participle |  | a artificial waterway *not said here* |  |  |  | by human labour | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by labour=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A strait is a narrow passage of sea connecting two larger bodies of water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e1:o3:1
# text = A strait is a narrow passage of sea connecting two larger bodies of water
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	connecting	connect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	amod	_	_
12	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a strait | a narrow passage |  |  |  | of sea | tree rules |
| 2 | **connect** | gerund | a narrow passage *not said here* | two larger bodies of water |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A strait is a narrow isthmus of land connecting two continents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e1:o4:1
# text = A strait is a narrow isthmus of land connecting two continents
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	isthmus	isthmus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	connecting	connect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	continents	continent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a strait | a narrow isthmus |  |  |  | of land | tree rules |
| 2 | **connect** | gerund | a narrow isthmus *not said here* | two continents |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent continent=Patient |

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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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