--- title: Ascertain the meaning of the word «turbid» as applied to the Amazon. — The map of the Just So Stories: from t… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the meaning of the word «turbid» as applied to the Amazon. Exam question 4 of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The map of the Just So Stories: from t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to… Ascertain the meaning of the word «turbid» as applied to the Amazon. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, apply, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, word This is exam question 4 of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» 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/61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the meaning of the word «turbid» as applied to the Amazon. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 turbid turbid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Amazon Amazon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the word | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic | | 2 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | to the Amazon | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | | | the word | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Muddy ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:e4:o1:1 # text = Muddy 1 Muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Narrow ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:e4:o2:1 # text = Narrow 1 Narrow narrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Salty ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:e4:o3:1 # text = Salty 1 Salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Frozen ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:e4:o4:1 # text = Frozen 1 Frozen freeze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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