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# Exam question 4 · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the coasting trade in which the Sea Rat is engaged?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, engage · **To what, where:** coasting trade, Sea Rat

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the coasting trade in which the Sea Rat is engaged?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	coasting	coasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the coasting trade |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **engage** | present · passive |  | the Sea Rat |  | the coasting trade |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal |

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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 {#o1}

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Vessels navigate inland rivers exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e4:o1:1
# text = Vessels navigate inland rivers exclusively
1	Vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	navigate	navigate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **navigate** | present | Vessels | rivers |  |  |  | exclusively, inland *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme river=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Vessels remain at anchor in a single harbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e4:o2:1
# text = Vessels remain at anchor in a single harbour
1	Vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	anchor	anchor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | Vessels |  |  | anchor |  | in a single harbour | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at anchor=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Vessels cross the open ocean without sight of land for many months together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e4:o3:1
# text = Vessels cross the open ocean without sight of land for many months together
1	Vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present | Vessels | the open ocean |  |  | month | without sight of land; together *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Vessels proceed from port to port along the coast, seldom out of sight of land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e4:o4:1
# text = Vessels proceed from port to port along the coast, seldom out of sight of land
1	Vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proceed	proceed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	seldom	seldom	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | present | Vessels |  |  | port to port |  | along the coast; out sight of land | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | land |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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