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title: In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border an… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics
description: In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border and his fields on the other. What does this show? Test 7 · ★ 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 opt
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# Test 7 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

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In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border and his fields on the other. What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** village, this · **What happens:** end up, show · **To what, where:** 1947

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border and his fields on the other.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:1
# text = In 1947 a farmer's village ended up on one side of the new border and his fields on the other.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	1947	1947	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ended	end	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | past | a farmer's village |  |  |  |  | in 1947 *result*; on one side of the new border and village's fields on the other | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1947=Result |

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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 does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:2
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Borders do not affect people at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:o1:1
# text = Borders do not affect people at all
1	Borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	affect	affect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **affect** | present · do-support | Borders | people |  | all |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus people=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The border followed every farm exactly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:o2:1
# text = The border followed every farm exactly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | the border | every farm |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Farmers always lived far from their fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:o3:1
# text = Farmers always lived far from their fields
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Farmers |  |  | Farmers's fields |  | always, far *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Borders drawn quickly can cut through people's lives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t7:o4:1
# text = Borders drawn quickly can cut through people's lives
1	Borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	lives	life	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | participle |  | Borders *not said here* |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cut** | can | Borders |  |  |  |  | through people's lives | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through life=Patient |

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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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