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title: A ship climbs 26 metres in the Panama locks to Gatun Lake. What must… — Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts · tree and pragmatics
description: A ship climbs 26 metres in the Panama locks to Gatun Lake. What must happen before it reaches the Pacific? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

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A ship climbs 26 metres in the Panama locks to Gatun Lake. What must happen before it reaches the Pacific?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ship, Panama · **What happens:** climb, lock, happen, reach · **To what, where:** 26 metres, Gatun Lake, Pacific

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts» 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/20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A ship climbs 26 metres in the Panama locks to Gatun Lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:1
# text = A ship climbs 26 metres in the Panama locks to Gatun Lake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	climbs	climb	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Panama	Panama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	locks	lock	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Gatun	Gatun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Lake	Lake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | present | a ship | 26 metres |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location metre=Theme |
| 2 | **lock** | present | the Panama |  | Gatun Lake |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to lake=Co-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 must happen before it reaches the Pacific?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:2
# text = What must happen before it reaches the Pacific?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | must |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | present | Panama | the Pacific |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pacific=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It must be carried down to the ocean by a giant crane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:o1:1
# text = It must be carried down to the ocean by a giant crane
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crane	crane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry down** | must · passive |  | It |  | the ocean |  | by a giant crane | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ocean=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It must wait for high tide to float it over the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:o2:1
# text = It must wait for high tide to float it over the hills
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	float	float	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | must | It |  |  |  |  | for high tide | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **float** | to-infinitive |  | tide |  | the hills |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme over hill=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It must climb another 26 metres, because the Pacific is higher still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:o3:1
# text = It must climb another 26 metres, because the Pacific is higher still
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
13	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | must | It | another 26 metres |  |  | still |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Pacific |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |

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

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It must be lowered about 26 metres again through more locks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t11:o4:1
# text = It must be lowered about 26 metres again through more locks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	26	26	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	locks	lock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | must · passive |  | It |  | more locks | again | 26 metres *obl:unmarked* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme through lock=Destination |

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