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title: Put these in order through a summer day in Britain: a short shadow p… — Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Put these in order through a summer day in Britain: a short shadow pointing north, a long shadow pointing east, a long shadow pointing west. Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★

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Put these in order through a summer day in Britain: a short shadow pointing north, a long shadow pointing east, a long shadow pointing west.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, short shadow, long shadow · **What happens:** put, point · **To what, where:** these, order

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» of the physics 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/physics/44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t9:1
# text = Put these in order through a summer day in Britain: a short shadow pointing north, a long shadow pointing east, a long shadow pointing west.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	_
15	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	north	north	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
21	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	east	east	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	parataxis	_	_
27	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
28	west	west	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | these |  | order | day |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme in order=Destination |
| 2 | **point** | gerund | a short shadow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | north *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **point** | gerund | a long shadow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | east *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **point** | gerund | a long shadow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | west *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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West, then east, then north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t9:o1:1
# text = West, then east, then north
1	West	west	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	east	east	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	north	north	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
West, then north, then east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t9:o2:1
# text = West, then north, then east
1	West	west	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	east	east	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
North, then west, then east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t9:o3:1
# text = North, then west, then east
1	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	west	west	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	east	east	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
East, then north, then west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:44-olympiad-speed-space-and-seasons:t9:o4:1
# text = East, then north, then west
1	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	west	west	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

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