Four sentences that are a part of paragraph are given below; the sentences may or may not be in the right order; create the sequence that forms a coherent paragraph.
1. The US has long maintained that the Northwest Passage is an international strait through which its commercial and military vessels have the right to pass without seeking Canada’s permission. 2. Canada, which officially acquired the group of islands forming the Northwest Passage in 1880, claims sovereignty over all the shipping routes through the Passage. 3. The dispute could be transitory, however, as scientists speculate that the entire Arctic Ocean will soon be ice-free in summer, so ship owners will not have to ask for permission to sail through any of the Northwest Passage routes. 4. The US and Canada have never legally settled the question of access through the Passage, but have an agreement whereby the US needs to seek Canada’s consent for any transit.
2143
A parajumble opens with the sentence that introduces the subject without referring back, and closes with the sentence that resolves it.
Sentence 2 opens: it introduces Canada, the Northwest Passage (with its background, "officially acquired ... in 1880") and Canada's claim of sovereignty.
Sentence 1 follows with the opposing view: the US "has long maintained" the Passage is an international strait, open to it "without seeking Canada's permission".
Sentence 4 sums up the clash of 2 and 1: the two have "never legally settled the question", though an agreement requires US consent requests.
Sentence 3 closes: its subject "could be transitory, however", which refers back to this unsettled disagreement and looks ahead to an ice-free Arctic.
3214 opens with sentence 3, whose "however" and back-reference need a disagreement already described.
4312 opens with "the question of access" before either claim is stated, and leaves the US claim stranded after the closing forecast.
1324 gives the US view, then calls the matter transitory before Canada's rival claim appears, and puts Canada's claim and the agreement after the closing forecast.
The coherent order is 2, 1, 4, 3.
Hence, 2143.
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