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title: Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic T… — Odd places: microstates, enclaves and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. Exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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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# Exam question 3 · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

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Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain · **To what, where:** legal status

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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/39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the legal status of Antarctica pursuant to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	1959	1959	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the legal status of Antarctica |  |  |  | to the Antarctic Treaty of 1959; pursuant *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent status=Topic |

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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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It is a protectorate of Argentina

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:e3:o1:1
# text = It is a protectorate of Argentina
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	protectorate	protectorate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a protectorate |  |  |  | of Argentina | tree rules |

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

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It is owned by no state and is reserved for peace and science

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:e3:o2:1
# text = It is owned by no state and is reserved for peace and science
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present · passive | no state | It |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reserve** | present · passive | no state *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for peace and science | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: for peace=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is a member state of the United Nations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a member state of the United Nations
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	compound	_	_
9	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a member state |  |  |  | of the United Nations | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:e3:o4:1
# text = It is the sovereign territory of the United Kingdom
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	territory	territory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the sovereign territory |  |  |  | of the United Kingdom | 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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