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title: Why do Russia's warships care about the Turkish Straits? — Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do Russia's warships care about the Turkish Straits? Test 11 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

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Why do Russia's warships care about the Turkish Straits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** warships · **What happens:** do, care

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t11:1
# text = Why do Russia's warships care about the Turkish Straits?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	care	care	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Turkish	Turkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Straits	Strait	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Russia's warships *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **care** | present | Russia's warships |  |  |  |  | about the Turkish Straits | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about strait=Stimulus |

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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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They are Russia's only way out to the Arctic Ocean and the frozen seas of the far north

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t11:o1:1
# text = They are Russia's only way out to the Arctic Ocean and the frozen seas of the far north
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | way and the frozen seas of the far north |  |  |  | to the Arctic Ocean; out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They lead straight from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t11:o2:1
# text = They lead straight from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lead	lead	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | present | They |  |  | the Black Sea |  | to the Pacific Ocean; straight *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to ocean=Patient |

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

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They are the only sea way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t11:o3:1
# text = They are the only sea way from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the only sea way |  | the Black Sea |  | to the Mediterranean | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are where Russia builds and repairs all its warships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t11:o4:1
# text = They are where Russia builds and repairs all its warships
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	repairs	repair	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	warships	warship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | build *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **repair** | present | They *not said here* | its warships |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent warship=Patient |

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