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title: Why do navies care so much about narrow straits? — Resources and what countries trade · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do navies care so much about narrow straits? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

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Why do navies care so much about narrow straits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** navies · **What happens:** care

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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/27-resources-and-what-countries-trade/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t6:1
# text = Why do navies care so much about narrow straits?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	navies	navy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	straits	strait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | present · do-support | navies |  |  |  |  | about narrow 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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Straits are the only places in the sea where fish can live and breed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t6:o1:1
# text = Straits are the only places in the sea where fish can live and breed
1	Straits	strait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	breed	breed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Straits | the only places |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | can | fish |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location |
| 3 | **breed** | infinitive | fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Straits are where all the oil is pumped up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t6:o2:1
# text = Straits are where all the oil is pumped up
1	Straits	strait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	pumped	pump	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pump up** | present · passive |  | Straits |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Navies need narrow water to park ships

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t6:o3:1
# text = Navies need narrow water to park ships
1	Navies	navy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	park	park	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Navies | narrow water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **park** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | narrow water *not said here* | ships |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Whoever controls them can block a huge share of trade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:27-resources-and-what-countries-trade:t6:o4:1
# text = Whoever controls them can block a huge share of trade
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	controls	control	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	block	block	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **control** | present | Whoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **block** | can | them *= they* | a huge share of trade |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer share=Theme |
| 3 | **share** |  |  | trade |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=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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