--- title: Identify the river upon which the River of the novel is principally… — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voy… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the river upon which the River of the novel is principally based. Exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin… Identify the river upon which the River of the novel is principally based. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, base · **To what, where:** river This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e1:1 # text = Identify the river upon which the River of the novel is principally based. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 novel novel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 principally principally ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the river | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent river=Theme | | 2 | **base** | present · passive | | the River of the novel | | | | upon the river; principally *property* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Rhine ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e1:o1:1 # text = The Rhine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rhine Rhine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Seine ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e1:o2:1 # text = The Seine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Seine seine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Thames, flowing from the Cotswolds through London to the North Sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e1:o3:1 # text = The Thames, flowing from the Cotswolds through London to the North Sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Thames Thames PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Cotswolds Cotswold PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | gerund | the Thames *not said here* | | | the Cotswolds | | through London; to the North Sea | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through london=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Severn, flowing from the mountains of Wales to the Bristol Channel ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:e1:o4:1 # text = The Severn, flowing from the mountains of Wales to the Bristol Channel 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Severn Severn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Bristol Bristol PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Channel Channel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | gerund | the Severn *not said here* | | | the mountains of Wales | | to the Bristol Channel | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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