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title: A message travels around the Earth's equator, about 40,000 kilometre… — Communication: letters, phones, radio… · tree and pragmatics
description: A message travels around the Earth's equator, about 40,000 kilometres, at the speed of light. About how long would it take? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

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A message travels around the Earth's equator, about 40,000 kilometres, at the speed of light. About how long would it take?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** message · **What happens:** travel, take · **To what, where:** 40,000 kilometres, equator, speed

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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/world/100-communication-letters-to-internet/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A message travels around the Earth's equator, about 40,000 kilometres, at the speed of light.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:1
# text = A message travels around the Earth's equator, about 40,000 kilometres, at the speed of light.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	travels	travel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	about	about	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	40,000	40000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | present | a message | 40,000 kilometres |  | the Earth's equator |  | at the speed of light | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around equator=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:* About how long would it take?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:2
# text = About how long would it take?
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	expl	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would |  | speed |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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About one minute and a half

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:o1:1
# text = About one minute and a half
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Around one hour, maybe more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:o2:1
# text = Around one hour, maybe more
1	Around	around	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Roughly ten whole seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:o3:1
# text = Roughly ten whole seconds
1	Roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A small part of a second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:100-communication-letters-to-internet:t10:o4:1
# text = A small part of a second
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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