--- title: It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. Deter… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence. Exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Maps and scale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/1-maps-and-scale/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Maps and scale It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, state, determine · **To what, where:** It, figure grid reference, coordinate This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:1 # text = It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 grid grid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive | | a figure grid reference | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:2 # text = Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 coordinate coordinate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 8 precedence precedence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present · passive | | which coordinate | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient precedence=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The easting ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:o1:1 # text = The easting 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 easting easting NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The northing ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:o2:1 # text = The northing 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 northing northing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The altitude ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:o3:1 # text = The altitude 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 altitude altitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The greater of the two ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:e4:o4:1 # text = The greater of the two 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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