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title: In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine. What real idea is… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics
description: In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine. What real idea is the game showing? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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 3 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

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In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine. What real idea is the game showing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** France, real idea, game · **What happens:** keep, fight, reach, be, show · **To what, where:** EU5, Rhine, game

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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/31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:1
# text = In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	EU5	EU5	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | France |  |  | EU5 |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fight** | gerund | France *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reach** | to-infinitive | France *not said here* | the Rhine |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent rhine=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 real idea is the game showing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:2
# text = What real idea is the game showing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | real idea | the game |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | the game *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Germans did not live along the Rhine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:o1:1
# text = Germans did not live along the Rhine
1	Germans	german	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rhine	Rhine	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** **live** | past · do-support | Germans |  |  | the Rhine |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along rhine=Location |

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

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French kings' old dream of "natural frontiers" on the Rhine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:o2:1
# text = French kings' old dream of "natural frontiers" on the Rhine
1	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dream	dream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	frontiers	frontier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dream** |  | French kings | natural frontiers on the Rhine |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Rhine was the only river in Europe with fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:o3:1
# text = The Rhine was the only river in Europe with fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Rhine | the only river |  | Europe |  | with fish | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Rhine was France's border in 1337 already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t3:o4:1
# text = The Rhine was France's border in 1337 already
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rhine	Rhine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Rhine | France's border |  | 1337 |  |  | 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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