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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tr… — Rivers, lakes and the sea up close · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tributary? Exam question 1 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tributary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** tributary

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» of the world 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/world/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tributary?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tributary	tributary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | a tributary |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A smaller river or stream flowing into a larger river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:e1:o1:1
# text = A smaller river or stream flowing into a larger river
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	larger	large	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | gerund | a smaller river or stream *not said here* |  |  | a larger river |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The flat land covered by a river in flood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:e1:o2:1
# text = The flat land covered by a river in flood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | participle |  | the flat land *not said here* |  |  |  | by a river; in flood | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in flood=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A loop or bend in the lower course of a river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:e1:o3:1
# text = A loop or bend in the lower course of a river
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loop	loop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The point at which a river enters the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:e1:o4:1
# text = The point at which a river enters the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | present | a river | the sea |  | the point |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination |

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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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