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title: A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea. How… — Continents and oceans · tree and pragmatics
description: A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea. How is that possible? Test 6 of lesson 42 «Continents and oceans» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 6 · Continents and oceans

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A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea. How is that possible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** traveller, that · **What happens:** drive, cross, be · **To what, where:** China, Paris, sea

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This is test 6 of lesson 42 «Continents and oceans» 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/42-continents-and-oceans/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:1
# text = A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | a traveller |  | China | Paris |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from paris=Trajectory |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | a traveller *not said here* | any sea |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |

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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:* How is that possible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:2
# text = How is that possible?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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There is a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:o1:1
# text = There is a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A long bridge crosses the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:o2:1
# text = A long bridge crosses the Pacific Ocean
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	crosses	cross	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present | a long bridge | the Pacific Ocean |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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China is also in Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:o3:1
# text = China is also in Europe
1	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | China |  |  | Europe |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Europe and Asia are joined by land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:42-continents-and-oceans:t6:o4:1
# text = Europe and Asia are joined by land
1	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present · passive | land | Europe and Asia |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

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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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