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title: Identify the two rivers between which the region designated Mesopota… — Mesopotamia: the first cities and writ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the two rivers between which the region designated Mesopotamia is situated. Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Exam question 1 · Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing

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Identify the two rivers between which the region designated Mesopotamia is situated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, region · **What happens:** identify, designate, situate · **To what, where:** two rivers, Mesopotamia, region

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Mesopotamia: the first cities and writing» of the history 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/history/3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:e1:1
# text = Identify the two rivers between which the region designated Mesopotamia is situated.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	designated	designate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	Mesopotamia	Mesopotamia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the two rivers |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent river=Theme |
| 2 | **designate** | participle | the region *not said here* | Mesopotamia |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mesopotamia=Theme |
| 3 | **situate** | present · passive |  | the region |  | the two rivers |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between which=Destination |

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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 Indus and the Ganges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:e1:o1:1
# text = The Indus and the Ganges
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Indus	Indus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Ganges	Ganges	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Danube and the Rhine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:e1:o2:1
# text = The Danube and the Rhine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Danube	Danube	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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The Tigris and the Euphrates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:e1:o3:1
# text = The Tigris and the Euphrates
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tigris	Tigris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Euphrates	Euphrate	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Nile and the Jordan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:3-mesopotamia-first-cities-and-writing:e1:o4:1
# text = The Nile and the Jordan
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Nile	Nile	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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