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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in 1947. Exam question 4 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 optio
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# Exam question 4 · Borders: why they are where they are

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in 1947.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, partition, 1947

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the partition of British India in 1947.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	partition	partition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	1947	1947	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the partition of British India |  | 1947 |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus partition=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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The territory was transferred intact to a single successor state

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o1:1
# text = The territory was transferred intact to a single successor state
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	transferred	transfer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	intact	intact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	successor	successor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | past · passive |  | the territory | a single successor state |  |  | intact *property* | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to state=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The partition affected no inhabitants of the region

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o2:1
# text = The partition affected no inhabitants of the region
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	partition	partition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	affected	affect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | past | the partition | no inhabitants of the region |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inhabitant=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A boundary drawn within weeks divided India and Pakistan amid mass flight and violence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o3:1
# text = A boundary drawn within weeks divided India and Pakistan amid mass flight and violence
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boundary	boundary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	divided	divide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	amid	amid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	mass	mass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | a boundary *not said here* |  |  | week |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **divide** | past | a boundary | India and Pakistan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The frontier was negotiated over several decades without disturbance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:e4:o4:1
# text = The frontier was negotiated over several decades without disturbance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	negotiated	negotiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	decades	decade	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	disturbance	disturbance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **negotiate** | past · passive |  | the frontier |  |  | decade | without disturbance | tree rules |

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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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