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# Exam question 1 · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

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It is given that an aircraft departs from runway 27. Determine the compass direction in which it is heading.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** aircraft, you, direction · **What happens:** give, depart, determine, head · **To what, where:** It, runway, compass direction

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/technology/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that an aircraft departs from runway 27.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:1
# text = It is given that an aircraft departs from runway 27.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	aircraft	aircraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	departs	depart	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	runway	runway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **depart** | present | a aircraft |  |  | runway |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from runway=Initial\_Location |

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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:* Determine the compass direction in which it is heading.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:2
# text = Determine the compass direction in which it is heading.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	heading	head	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the compass direction |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic |
| 2 | **head** | present · progressive | direction |  |  | the compass direction |  |  | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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South

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:o1:1
# text = South
1	South	south	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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East

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:o2:1
# text = East
1	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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North

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:o3:1
# text = North
1	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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West

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:e1:o4:1
# text = West
1	West	west	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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