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title: Ascertain the location of the greatest known oceanic depth. — Continents and oceans · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the location of the greatest known oceanic depth. Exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Continents and oceans» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 4 · Continents and oceans

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Ascertain the location of the greatest known oceanic depth.

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

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 5 «Continents and oceans» 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/5-continents-and-oceans/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the location of the greatest known oceanic depth.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
8	oceanic	oceanic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	depth	depth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 location of the greatest known oceanic depth |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent location=Topic |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Puerto Rico Trench in the Atlantic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:e4:o1:1
# text = The Puerto Rico Trench in the Atlantic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Puerto	Puerto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Rico	Rico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Trench	Trench	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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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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The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:e4:o2:1
# text = The Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Challenger	Challenger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Deep	Deep	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Mariana	Mariana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Trench	Trench	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mediterranean basin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:e4:o3:1
# text = The Mediterranean basin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mediterranean	mediterranean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Arctic Ocean beneath the Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:e4:o4:1
# text = The Arctic Ocean beneath the Pole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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