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title: a kid in my class reckons Hawaii's next to Florida. right? — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics
description: a kid in my class reckons Hawaii's next to Florida. right? Test 13 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» 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 13 · The United States and its states

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a kid in my class reckons Hawaii's next to Florida. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** reckon · **To what, where:** Hawaii

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This is test 13 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» 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/44-the-usa-and-its-states/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t13:1
# text = a kid in my class reckons Hawaii's next to Florida. right?
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	next	next	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
13	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | a kid in my class | Hawaii |  |  |  | next *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hawaii=Attribute |

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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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Yes, it is beside Florida in the Atlantic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, it is beside Florida in the Atlantic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | Florida |  | in the Atlantic | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it is in the Gulf of Mexico

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, it is in the Gulf of Mexico
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Gulf	Gulf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | the Gulf |  | of Mexico | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, Hawaii is volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t13:o3:1
# text = No, Hawaii is volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hawaii | volcanic islands |  | the Pacific Ocean |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, Hawaii is in the Great Lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t13:o4:1
# text = No, Hawaii is in the Great Lakes
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Hawaii |  |  | the Great Lakes |  |  | tree rules |

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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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