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title: In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies.… — The great rivers · tree and pragmatics
description: In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies. What does the game leave out? Test 4 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» 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 right.
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# Test 4 · The great rivers

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In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies. What does the game leave out?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** river, line, game · **What happens:** be, slow, leave out · **To what, where:** line, Europa, armies

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This is test 4 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» 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/16-the-great-rivers/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:1
# text = In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Europa	Europa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	armies	army	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a river | a line |  | Europa |  | mostly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **slow** | present | a line | armies |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent army=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does the game leave out?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:2
# text = What does the game leave out?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | present · do-support | the game |  |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, rivers do nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, rivers do nothing else
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Nothing rivers | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rivers in real life cannot be crossed at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:o2:1
# text = Rivers in real life cannot be crossed at all
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cross** | can · passive |  | Rivers in real life |  | all |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rivers are only found in deserts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:o3:1
# text = Rivers are only found in deserts
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive |  | Rivers |  | deserts |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Rivers also give water, rich farmland, fish, power and routes for boats

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:16-the-great-rivers:t4:o4:1
# text = Rivers also give water, rich farmland, fish, power and routes for boats
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	farmland	farmland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	routes	route	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Rivers | water and rich farmland and fish and power and routes |  |  |  | for boats | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent water=Theme for boat=Asset |

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