--- title: Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". Why must both read eastin… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics description: Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". Why must both read eastings first? Test 2 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 choice was wrong. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · Maps and scale Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". Why must both read eastings first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two hikers · **What happens:** say, meet, read · **To what, where:** grid square, eastings · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:1 # text = Two hikers say "meet at grid square 4725". 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 hikers hiker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 grid grid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 square square NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 4725 4725 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Two hikers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **meet** *in a quote* | infinitive | Two hikers *not said here* | | | grid square | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Why must both read eastings first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:2 # text = Why must both read eastings first? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 both both ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 eastings easting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | must | | eastings | | | | both, first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent easting=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Because eastings are always the smaller numbers ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:o1:1 # text = Because eastings are always the smaller numbers 1 Because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 2 case _ _ 2 eastings easting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the smaller numbers | | | | because eastings; always *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} It does not matter which comes first ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:o2:1 # text = It does not matter which comes first 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | present | | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because north is more important than east ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:o3:1 # text = Because north is more important than east 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | north | | | | | than east; important *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Otherwise they could end up in different squares ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t2:o4:1 # text = Otherwise they could end up in different squares 1 Otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 squares square NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end up** | could | they | | | | | in different squares *result*; otherwise *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in square=Result | **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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