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title: EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337. How is the real past… — Borders: why they are where they are · tree and pragmatics
description: EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337. How is the real past different? Test 8 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

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EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337. How is the real past different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** EU5 · **What happens:** show, be · **To what, where:** border

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:1
# text = EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337.
1	EU5	EU5	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | EU5 | every border |  |  |  | as a sharp line in 1337 | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent border=Recipient |

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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:* How is the real past different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:2
# text = How is the real past different?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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There were no countries or rulers at all anywhere in 1337

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:o1:1
# text = There were no countries or rulers at all anywhere in 1337
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | no countries at all or rulers |  |  | 1337; there |  | anywhere *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1337=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Many borders were blurry zones, and exact lines came later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:o2:1
# text = Many borders were blurry zones, and exact lines came later
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	blurry	blurry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	zones	zone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Many borders | blurry zones |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | exact lines | blurry zones *not said here* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location zone=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real borders were drawn with GPS back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:o3:1
# text = Real borders were drawn with GPS back then
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	GPS	GPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw back** | past · passive |  | Real borders |  |  | then | with GPS | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real borders were exactly as the game shows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:31-borders-why-they-are-where-they-are:t8:o4:1
# text = Real borders were exactly as the game shows
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the game | Real borders *not said here* |  |  |  | exactly, show *property* | 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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