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description: In 1982 two countries fought a short war over islands in the South Atlantic. Which? Test 10 · ★★ 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 ch
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

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In 1982 two countries fought a short war over islands in the South Atlantic. Which?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two countries · **What happens:** fight · **To what, where:** short war, 1982

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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/39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In 1982 two countries fought a short war over islands in the South Atlantic.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:1
# text = In 1982 two countries fought a short war over islands in the South Atlantic.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1982	1982	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | two countries | a short war |  | 1982 |  | over islands in the South Atlantic | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent war=Co-Agent over island=Theme |

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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:* Which?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:2
# text = Which?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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China and Taiwan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:o1:1
# text = China and Taiwan
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Taiwan	Taiwan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Britain and Argentina

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:o2:1
# text = Britain and Argentina
1	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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India and Pakistan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:o3:1
# text = India and Pakistan
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Pakistan	Pakistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spain and Portugal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t10:o4:1
# text = Spain and Portugal
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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