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title: «spain and morocco are like right next to each other innit» Is that… — Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «spain and morocco are like right next to each other innit» Is that right? Test 8 · ★★ 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;
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

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«spain and morocco are like right next to each other innit» Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spain · **What happens:** be

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t8:1
# text = «spain and morocco are like right next to each other innit» Is that right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	spain	spain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	morocco	morocco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	next	next	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
11	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
14	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | spain and morocco *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to each other innit; next, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | spain and morocco |  |  |  |  | right *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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No, they are on different oceans with Portugal between them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t8:o1:1
# text = No, they are on different oceans with Portugal between them
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | they |  |  | different oceans |  | with Portugal; between oceans *= ocean* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Yes, only about 14 km of sea separate them at the narrowest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, only about 14 km of sea separate them at the narrowest
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	separate	separate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrowest	narrow	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **separate** | present | 14 km of sea | them *= they* |  | the narrowest |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Africa and Europe are thousands of km apart at Gibraltar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t8:o3:1
# text = No, Africa and Europe are thousands of km apart at Gibraltar
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Africa and Europe's thousands |  |  |  | of km; apart *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a long road bridge has joined them at Gibraltar for years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, a long road bridge has joined them at Gibraltar for years
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present · perfect | a long road bridge | them *= they* |  | Gibraltar | year |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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