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title: Which long voyage did the Canal du Midi help ships avoid? — Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts · tree and pragmatics
description: Which long voyage did the Canal du Midi help ships avoid? Test 8 · ★★★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

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Which long voyage did the Canal du Midi help ships avoid?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** long voyage, Canal Midi, ships · **What happens:** do, help, avoid · **To what, where:** ships

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t8:1
# text = Which long voyage did the Canal du Midi help ships avoid?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Canal	Canal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	du	du	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	Midi	Midi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | long voyage |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 2 | **help** | present | the Canal Midi | ships |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent ship=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **avoid** | infinitive | ships *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Sailing all the way round Spain and Portugal through Gibraltar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t8:o1:1
# text = Sailing all the way round Spain and Portugal through Gibraltar
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  | all way |  | Gibraltar |  | round Spain and Portugal | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round spain=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sailing round South America through the Strait of Magellan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t8:o2:1
# text = Sailing round South America through the Strait of Magellan
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | the Strait of Magellan |  | round South America | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round america=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sailing round Britain and Ireland through the stormy North Sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t8:o3:1
# text = Sailing round Britain and Ireland through the stormy North Sea
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	round	round	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	stormy	stormy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | the stormy North Sea |  | round Britain and Ireland | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round britain=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sailing all the way round Africa past the Cape of Good Hope

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:20-canals-suez-panama-and-the-shortcuts:t8:o4:1
# text = Sailing all the way round Africa past the Cape of Good Hope
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	past	past	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Cape	Cape	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Good	Good	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Hope	Hope	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  | all way |  | Africa |  | past the Cape of Good Hope | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent round africa=Trajectory |

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