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title: You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in… — Odd places: microstates, enclaves and… · tree and pragmatics
description: You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Is that possible? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands

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You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Is that possible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, that · **What happens:** stand, be · **To what, where:** kitchen

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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/39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:1
# text = You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Baarle	Baarle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Belgium	Belgium	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Netherlands	Netherlands	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | You |  |  | a kitchen |  | in Baarle; with one foot in Belgium and the one Netherlands | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Location |

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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:* Is that possible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:2
# text = Is that possible?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, borders are never allowed to cross houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:o1:1
# text = No, borders are never allowed to cross houses
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	borders	border	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | borders |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **cross** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | borders *not said here* | houses |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the border runs through some houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, the border runs through some houses
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the border |  |  | some houses |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only in a video game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:o3:1
# text = Only in a video game
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only in the year 1337

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:39-odd-places-microstates-enclaves-and-disputed-lands:t4:o4:1
# text = Only in the year 1337
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	1337	1337	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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