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title: A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics
description: A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your coast without asking. What is true? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

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A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your coast without asking. What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fishing boat · **What happens:** fish, ask, be · **To what, where:** 5 nautical miles

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your coast without asking.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:1
# text = A fishing boat from another country fishes 5 nautical miles off your coast without asking.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	fishes	fish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	nautical	nautical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fish** | present | a fishing boat from another country | 5 nautical miles |  |  |  | off your coast | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a fishing boat from another country *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It is inside your territorial waters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:o1:1
# text = It is inside your territorial waters
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	territorial	territorial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | your territorial waters |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is on land, legally speaking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:o2:1
# text = It is on land, legally speaking
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	legally	legally	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | land |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | legally *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is in the exclusive zone only, so it is fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:o3:1
# text = It is in the exclusive zone only, so it is fine
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	exclusive	exclusive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | the exclusive zone |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is in the open sea that nobody owns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t9:o4:1
# text = It is in the open sea that nobody owns
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
9	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | the open sea |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present | nobody | the open sea |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |

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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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