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# Test 10 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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«sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?» What does it mean here?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** sea rat, that, rat · **What happens:** go, coast, mean · **To what, where:** bike

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:1
# text = «sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	coasting	coast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
9	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	coasting	coast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present | sea rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **coast** *in a quote* | gerund | sea rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **coast** *in a quote* | present · progressive | that |  |  | a bike |  | downhill *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bike=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:* What does it mean here?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:2
# text = What does it mean here?
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	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | rat |  |  | here |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sailing only downhill on rivers to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:o1:1
# text = Sailing only downhill on rivers to the sea
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | rivers |  | to the sea; downhill *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sliding a boat along the sandy beach on rollers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:o2:1
# text = Sliding a boat along the sandy beach on rollers
1	Sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rollers	roller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | gerund |  | a boat |  | rollers |  | along the sandy beach | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent boat=Theme along beach=Initial\_Location on roller=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Letting the ship drift along with no sails up at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:o3:1
# text = Letting the ship drift along with no sails up at all
1	Letting	let	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drift	drift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let up** | gerund |  | the ship drift |  | all |  | along no sails | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent drift=Theme at all=Asset |

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

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Sailing from harbour to harbour along the coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t10:o4:1
# text = Sailing from harbour to harbour along the coast
1	Sailing	sail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	harbour	harbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | gerund |  |  |  | harbour |  | to harbour; along the coast | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from harbour=Trajectory |

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