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title: Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joi… — Islands, seas and lakes · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined. True? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 6 «Islands, seas and lakes» 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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# Test 8 · ★ · Islands, seas and lakes

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Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined. True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, Med · **What happens:** say, be, join · **To what, where:** Med · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 6 «Islands, seas and lakes» 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/6-islands-seas-and-lakes/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:1
# text = Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined.
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	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	Med	Med	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Med and the Atlantic |  |  |  |  | equally, salty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **join** | present · passive |  | Med |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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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Yes, joined seas are always the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, joined seas are always the same
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	seas	sea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | joined seas |  |  |  |  | always, same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, the Mediterranean is fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:o2:1
# text = No, the Mediterranean is fresh
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, the Mediterranean is saltier because of strong evaporation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:o3:1
# text = No, the Mediterranean is saltier because of strong evaporation
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	saltier	salty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	evaporation	evaporation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Mediterranean |  |  |  |  | because strong evaporation; salty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the Strait of Gibraltar is wide enough to mix the two of them fully

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:6-islands-seas-and-lakes:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, the Strait of Gibraltar is wide enough to mix the two of them fully
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	_
16	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Strait of Gibraltar |  |  |  |  | enough, wide *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | to-infinitive | the Strait of Gibraltar *not said here* | the two of them |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient |

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