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title: «venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right? — The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voy… · tree and pragmatics
description: «venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right? Test 5 · ★★ 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 and of each optio
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

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«venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** venice, people · **What happens:** have, get about, be · **To what, where:** roads

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t5:1
# text = «venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	venice	venice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | venice | no roads |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
| 2 | **get about** *in a quote* | present · do-support | people |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They ride horses through the shallow water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t5:o1:1
# text = They ride horses through the shallow water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | They | horses |  | the shallow water |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through water=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many travel by boat along the canals, or walk over bridges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t5:o2:1
# text = Many travel by boat along the canals, or walk over bridges
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	canals	canal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | infinitive | Many travel by boat along the canals |  |  | bridges |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Trajectory |
| 2 | **travel** |  | boat |  |  |  |  | along the canals | nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent along=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone flies about in small helicopters from roof to roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t5:o3:1
# text = Everyone flies about in small helicopters from roof to roof
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | present | Everyone |  |  | small helicopters |  | from roof; to roof; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in helicopter=Trajectory from roof=Initial\_Location to roof=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People swim from island to island every morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:62-the-river-thames-and-the-sea-rat-s-voyage-from-constantinople-to-the-english-channel:t5:o4:1
# text = People swim from island to island every morning
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swim	swim	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | present | People |  |  | island | morning | to island | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to island=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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