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title: Identify the states between whose coasts the Strait of Hormuz is sit… — Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the states between whose coasts the Strait of Hormuz is situated. Exam question 2 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 the question and of each opt
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# Exam question 2 · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

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Identify the states between whose coasts the Strait of Hormuz is situated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, situate · **To what, where:** states, Strait, coasts

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e2:1
# text = Identify the states between whose coasts the Strait of Hormuz is situated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	coasts	coast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Hormuz	Hormuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 states |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme |
| 2 | **situate** | present · passive |  | the Strait of Hormuz |  | coasts |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between coast=Destination |

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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 Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e2:o1:1
# text = The Islamic Republic of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Islamic	Islamic	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sultanate	Sultanate	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Oman	Oman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e2:o2:1
# text = The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Saudi	Saudi	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Arab	Arab	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	9	compound	_	_
9	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Republic of Turkey and the Hellenic Republic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e2:o3:1
# text = The Republic of Turkey and the Hellenic Republic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Hellenic	Hellenic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:e2:o4:1
# text = The Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Republic	Republic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Iraq	Iraq	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	State	State	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Kuwait	Kuwait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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