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# Test 11 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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★★★ The Sea Rat sails from Marseilles to Lisbon in 9 days, rests 3 days, then sails to Cornwall in 6 days. If he leaves Marseilles on 1 June, on what date does he reach Cornwall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sea Rat, ★ · **What happens:** sail, rest, leave, reach · **To what, where:** Lisbon, Marseilles, Cornwall, date

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This is test 11 · ★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Sea Rat sails from Marseilles to Lisbon in 9 days, rests 3 days, then sails to Cornwall in 6 days.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:1
# text = ★★★ The Sea Rat sails from Marseilles to Lisbon in 9 days, rests 3 days, then sails to Cornwall in 6 days.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Marseilles	Marseilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
16	rests	rest	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	sails	sail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | present | the Sea Rat |  | Lisbon | Marseilles | day |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from marseilles=Trajectory |
| 2 | **rest** | present | ★ |  |  |  | day |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sail** | present | ★ *not said here* |  |  | Cornwall | then; day |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to cornwall=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:* If he leaves Marseilles on 1 June, on what date does he reach Cornwall?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:2
# text = If he leaves Marseilles on 1 June, on what date does he reach Cornwall?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
4	Marseilles	Marseilles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
11	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	Cornwall	Cornwall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ★ | Marseilles |  |  | june |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marseilles=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | present · do-support | ★ | Cornwall |  | date |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent cornwall=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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16 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:o1:1
# text = 16 June
1	16	16	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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18 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:o2:1
# text = 18 June
1	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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21 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:o3:1
# text = 21 June
1	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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19 June

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t11:o4:1
# text = 19 June
1	19	19	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
2	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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