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title: Which of the following accurately states the distance between the to… — Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cake… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately states the distance between the town of Kjoge and the city of Copenhagen? Exam question 2 of lesson 1015 «Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cakes, part 226: Knud walks to Copenhagen to visit Joanna» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cakes, part 226: Knud wa…

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Which of the following accurately states the distance between the town of Kjoge and the city of Copenhagen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state · **To what, where:** distance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1015 «Andersen's Tales, The Gingerbread Cakes, part 226: Knud walks to Copenhagen to visit Joanna» of the books 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/books/1015-pg27200-part226/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1015-pg27200-part226:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the distance between the town of Kjoge and the city of Copenhagen?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	nsubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Kjoge	Kjoge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Copenhagen	Copenhagen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the distance and the city of Copenhagen |  |  |  | between the town of Kjoge; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent distance=Topic |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The town is not five miles from the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1015-pg27200-part226:e2:o1:1
# text = The town is not five miles from the city
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the town | five miles |  | the city |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is far.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1015-pg27200-part226:e2:o2:1
# text = It is far.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The town is about twenty miles from the city.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1015-pg27200-part226:e2:o3:1
# text = The town is about twenty miles from the city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the town | twenty miles |  | the city |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Ten miles away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1015-pg27200-part226:e2:o4:1
# text = Ten miles away.
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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