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title: Ascertain the distance upon the ground represented by a measured int… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the distance upon the ground represented by a measured interval of four centimetres on a chart drawn to a scale of one to twenty-five thousand. Exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 1 · Maps and scale

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Ascertain the distance upon the ground represented by a measured interval of four centimetres on a chart drawn to a scale of one to twenty-five thousand.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, represent, measure, draw · **To what, where:** distance, ground, chart, scale

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» 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/1-maps-and-scale/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e1:1
# text = Ascertain the distance upon the ground represented by a measured interval of four centimetres on a chart drawn to a scale of one to twenty-five thousand.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	represented	represent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	measured	measure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	compound	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nmod	_	_
28	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the distance |  |  |  | upon the ground | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Topic |
| 2 | **represent** | participle |  | the ground *not said here* |  |  |  | by a measured interval of four centimetres on a chart | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **measure** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **draw** | participle |  | a chart *not said here* |  | a scale of one thousand |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to scale=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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Four kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e1:o1:1
# text = Four kilometres
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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One hundred metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e1:o2:1
# text = One hundred metres
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Twenty-five kilometres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e1:o3:1
# text = Twenty-five kilometres
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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One kilometre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e1:o4:1
# text = One kilometre
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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