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title: A paper boat is dropped into the Mississippi in Minnesota and floats… — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics
description: A paper boat is dropped into the Mississippi in Minnesota and floats all the way down. Where does it end up? Test 3 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 
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# Test 3 · The United States and its states

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A paper boat is dropped into the Mississippi in Minnesota and floats all the way down. Where does it end up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boat · **What happens:** drop, float, end up · **To what, where:** paper boat, Mississippi, way

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A paper boat is dropped into the Mississippi in Minnesota and floats all the way down.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:1
# text = A paper boat is dropped into the Mississippi in Minnesota and floats all the way down.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	down	down	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present · passive |  | a paper boat |  | the Mississippi |  | in Minnesota | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme into mississippi=Destination in minnesota=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **float** | present |  | all way |  |  |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Where does it end up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:2
# text = Where does it end up?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present · do-support | boat |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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In the Gulf of Mexico

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:o1:1
# text = In the Gulf of Mexico
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Gulf	Gulf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In the Great Lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:o2:1
# text = In the Great Lakes
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In the Pacific Ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:o3:1
# text = In the Pacific Ocean
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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In Hudson Bay in Canada

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t3:o4:1
# text = In Hudson Bay in Canada
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Hudson	Hudson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Bay	Bay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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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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