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title: The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople. Where wou… — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voy… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople. Where would you find it on a map today? Test 4 · ★★ 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 pragmatic
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople. Where would you find it on a map today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sea Rat, Rat, port, you · **What happens:** say, come, be, find · **To what, where:** port, Constantinople, map · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:1
# text = The Sea Rat says the port he comes from is Constantinople.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	port	port	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	Constantinople	Constantinople	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Sea Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** | present | Rat | the port *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location port=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | the port | Constantinople |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Where would you find it on a map today?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:2
# text = Where would you find it on a map today?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | you | port |  | a map | today |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lisbon, the capital of Portugal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:o1:1
# text = Lisbon, the capital of Portugal
1	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Venice, in the north of Italy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:o2:1
# text = Venice, in the north of Italy
1	Venice	Venice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Istanbul in Turkey, on the Bosphorus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:o3:1
# text = Istanbul in Turkey, on the Bosphorus
1	Istanbul	Istanbul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Bosphorus	Bosphorus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Athens, the capital of Greece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t4:o4:1
# text = Athens, the capital of Greece
1	Athens	Athens	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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