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title: «can u see france from dover lol» What is right? — Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «can u see france from dover lol» What is right? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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 10 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«can u see france from dover lol» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** see, be · **To what, where:** france, dover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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/19-straits-the-narrow-doors/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t10:1
# text = «can u see france from dover lol» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	france	france	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dover	dover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
10	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | can | u | france |  | dover |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer france=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the curve of the Earth always hides it, even at 33 km

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t10:o1:1
# text = No, the curve of the Earth always hides it, even at 33 km
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	curve	curve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	33	33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | the curve of the Earth | Earth |  | 33 km |  | always *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient at km=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, on a clear day, as the strait is only about 33 km wide

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, on a clear day, as the strait is only about 33 km wide
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	33	33	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	km	km	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the strait |  |  |  |  | as 33 km | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only at night, when the lights of Calais are on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only at night, when the lights of Calais are on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Calais	Calai	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	compound	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the lights of Calais |  |  |  |  | on *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **light** |  |  | Calais |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, France is about 500 km away across the open North Sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:19-straits-the-narrow-doors:t10:o4:1
# text = No, France is about 500 km away across the open North Sea
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	km	km	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | France |  |  | the open North Sea |  | 500 km *obl:unmarked*; away *property* | tree rules |

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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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