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title: You walk around the world near the North Pole. Why do you cross ever… — Directions, latitude and longitude · tree and pragmatics
description: You walk around the world near the North Pole. Why do you cross every longitude in a few steps? Test 9 · ★ 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 
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# Test 9 · ★ · Directions, latitude and longitude

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You walk around the world near the North Pole. Why do you cross every longitude in a few steps?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** walk, cross · **To what, where:** world, longitude

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You walk around the world near the North Pole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:1
# text = You walk around the world near the North Pole.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | You |  |  | the world |  | near the North Pole | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around world=Trajectory |

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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:* Why do you cross every longitude in a few steps?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:2
# text = Why do you cross every longitude in a few steps?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present · do-support | you | every longitude |  |  |  | in a few steps | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent longitude=Patient in step=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The ice moves you along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:o1:1
# text = The ice moves you along
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | the ice | you |  |  |  | along *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme you=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Degrees are bigger near the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:o2:1
# text = Degrees are bigger near the poles
1	Degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Degrees |  |  | the poles |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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All the meridians meet at the pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:o3:1
# text = All the meridians meet at the pole
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meridians	meridian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | present | all meridians |  |  | the pole |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Longitude does not exist in the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:2-directions-latitude-and-longitude:t9:o4:1
# text = Longitude does not exist in the Arctic
1	Longitude	longitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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	exist	exist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Arctic	Arctic	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** **exist** | present · do-support | Longitude |  |  | the Arctic |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in arctic=Location |

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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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