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title: A ship sails from India to China. Why does it go past Singapore? — The map of the Just So Stories: from t… · tree and pragmatics
description: A ship sails from India to China. Why does it go past Singapore? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to…

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A ship sails from India to China. Why does it go past Singapore?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ship · **What happens:** sail, go · **To what, where:** China, India, Singapore

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» 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/61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A ship sails from India to China.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:1
# text = A ship sails from India to China.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | present | a ship |  | China | India |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from india=Trajectory |

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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:* Why does it go past Singapore?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:2
# text = Why does it go past Singapore?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · do-support | ship |  |  | Singapore |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme past singapore=Initial\_Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ships must stop in Singapore to ask the Crab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:o1:1
# text = Ships must stop in Singapore to ask the Crab
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Singapore	Singapore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | must | Ships |  |  | Singapore |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in singapore=Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Ships *not said here* |  | the Crab |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sea around India is frozen in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:o2:1
# text = The sea around India is frozen in winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | the sea around India |  |  | winter |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Strait of Malacca is the short way between oceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:o3:1
# text = The Strait of Malacca is the short way between oceans
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Strait	Strait	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Malacca	Malacca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Strait of Malacca | the short way |  |  |  | between oceans | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the only place where ships can buy fuel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:61-the-map-of-the-just-so-stories-from-the-north-atlantic-to-the-limpopo-and-surrey:t8:o4:1
# text = It is the only place where ships can buy fuel
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	fuel	fuel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the only place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | can | ships | fuel |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme |

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