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title: Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris. What problem di… — Directions, latitude and longitude · tree and pragmatics
description: Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris. What problem did that cause? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «Directions, latitude and longitude» 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 2 · ★ · Directions, latitude and longitude

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Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris. What problem did that cause?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** French, problem · **What happens:** count, do · **To what, where:** longitude, Paris, cause

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «Directions, latitude and longitude» 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/2-directions-latitude-and-longitude/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:1
# text = Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris.
1	Before	before	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1884	1884	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | the French | longitude |  | Paris | before 1884 |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longitude=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What problem did that cause?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:2
# text = What problem did that cause?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | problem | that cause |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Maps from different countries gave different numbers for one place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:o1:1
# text = Maps from different countries gave different numbers for one place
1	Maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Maps from different countries | different numbers |  |  |  | for one place | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent number=Theme for place=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Sun seemed to rise in the west for anyone sailing to France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:o2:1
# text = The Sun seemed to rise in the west for anyone sailing to France
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
11	sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | the Sun |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **rise** | to-infinitive | the Sun *not said here* |  |  | the west |  | for anyone | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in west=Location |
| 3 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | France |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to france=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Latitude stopped working on French maps and charts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:o3:1
# text = Latitude stopped working on French maps and charts
1	Latitude	latitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	maps	map	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	charts	chart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | Latitude |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **work** | gerund | Latitude *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on French maps and charts | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on map=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ships could not sail to France

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t2:o4:1
# text = Ships could not sail to France
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sail	sail	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sail** | could | Ships |  |  | France |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to france=Trajectory |

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