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title: A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antar… — Odd places: microstates, enclaves and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica. Who owns the land under their station? Test 8 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

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A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica. Who owns the land under their station?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scientist · **What happens:** work, own · **To what, where:** land, station

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:1
# text = A scientist from Australia and one from Argentina both work in Antarctica.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	both	both	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a scientist from Australia |  |  |  |  | in Antarctica; both *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in antarctica=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:* Who owns the land under their station?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:2
# text = Who owns the land under their station?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present |  | the land |  | their station |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Australia owns all of it, and Argentina pays rent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:o1:1
# text = Australia owns all of it, and Argentina pays rent
1	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | Australia | all |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | present | Argentina | rent |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The scientist who arrived first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:o2:1
# text = The scientist who arrived first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | the scientist |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Argentina owns all of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:o3:1
# text = Argentina owns all of it
1	Argentina	Argentina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | Argentina | all |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot all=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No one; claims are frozen by the Antarctic Treaty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t8:o4:1
# text = No one; claims are frozen by the Antarctic Treaty
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Treaty	Treaty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive | the Antarctic Treaty | claims |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient subject=Result |

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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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