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title: Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a… — Maps and scale · tree and pragmatics
description: Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a country? Test 9 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.
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# Test 9 · Maps and scale

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Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a country?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** army · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** accurate maps

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t9:1
# text = Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a country?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
6	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	very	very	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | a army |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | to-infinitive |  | accurate maps of a country |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot map=Theme |

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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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To count how many trees there were for firewood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t9:o1:1
# text = To count how many trees there were for firewood
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	firewood	firewood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | to-infinitive |  | many trees |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | past |  |  |  | there |  | for firewood | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because soldiers liked drawing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t9:o2:1
# text = Because soldiers liked drawing
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | soldiers |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **draw** *not said to happen* | gerund | soldiers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To decorate the generals' tents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t9:o3:1
# text = To decorate the generals' tents
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	decorate	decorate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	generals	general	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | to-infinitive |  | the generals's tents |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Destination |

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

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To plan marches and defend the land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:1-maps-and-scale:t9:o4:1
# text = To plan marches and defend the land
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	plan	plan	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	marches	march	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	defend	defend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | to-infinitive |  | marches |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent march=Topic |
| 2 | **defend** | infinitive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Beneficiary |

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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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