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title: Ascertain the passage through which a vessel must proceed in sailing… — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the passage through which a vessel must proceed in sailing from Marseilles to Lisbon. Exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 3 · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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Ascertain the passage through which a vessel must proceed in sailing from Marseilles to Lisbon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, vessel · **What happens:** ascertain, proceed, sail · **To what, where:** passage, Lisbon, Marseilles

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» 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/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the passage through which a vessel must proceed in sailing from Marseilles to Lisbon.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Marseilles	Marseilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 passage |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Topic |
| 2 | **proceed** | must | a vessel |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sail** | gerund | a vessel *not said here* |  | Lisbon | Marseilles |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from marseilles=Trajectory |

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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 Strait of Dover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e3:o1:1
# text = The Strait of Dover
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dover	Dover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Suez Canal, constructed in 1869

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e3:o2:1
# text = The Suez Canal, constructed in 1869
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Suez	Suez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Canal	Canal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	constructed	construct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1869	1869	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **construct** | participle |  | the Suez Canal *not said here* |  | 1869 |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Bosphorus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e3:o3:1
# text = The Bosphorus
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Bosphorus	Bosphorus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Strait of Gibraltar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e3:o4:1
# text = The Strait of Gibraltar
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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