--- title: State the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters as measured… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics description: State the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters as measured from its coastline. Exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Borders: why they are where they are](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Borders: why they are where they are State the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters as measured from its coastline. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, measure, extend · **To what, where:** extent, coastline, territorial waters This is exam question 3 of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e3:1 # text = State the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters as measured from its coastline. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 coastal coastal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 territorial territorial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 measured measure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 coastline coastline NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the extent of a coastal state's territorial waters | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent extent=Topic | | 2 | **measure** | participle | you *not said here* | | | state's coastline | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **extend** | | | a coastal state's territorial waters | | | | | nom extent «state transitive»: of=patient | 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} Forty-nine nautical miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e3:o1:1 # text = Forty-nine nautical miles 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 nautical nautical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Twelve nautical miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e3:o2:1 # text = Twelve nautical miles 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 nautical nautical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two hundred nautical miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e3:o3:1 # text = Two hundred nautical miles 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 3 nautical nautical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Three hundred and seventy leagues ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e3:o4:1 # text = Three hundred and seventy leagues 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 conj _ _ 5 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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