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title: A family drives from New York west to Colorado. Which do they cross… — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics
description: A family drives from New York west to Colorado. Which do they cross before reaching the high Rockies? Test 4 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 wro
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# Test 4 · The United States and its states

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A family drives from New York west to Colorado. Which do they cross before reaching the high Rockies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** drive, cross, reach · **To what, where:** New York, high Rockies

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family drives from New York west to Colorado.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:1
# text = A family drives from New York west to Colorado.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	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	_	6	case	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	west	west	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | a family |  |  | New York |  | west *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from york=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:* Which do they cross before reaching the high Rockies?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:2
# text = Which do they cross before reaching the high Rockies?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Rockies	Rocky	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | gerund |  | the high Rockies |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent rocky=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Great Lakes and then the whole of Alaska

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:o1:1
# text = The Great Lakes and then the whole of Alaska
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Pacific coast and the islands of Hawaii

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:o2:1
# text = The Pacific coast and the islands of Hawaii
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Gulf of Mexico and the Florida coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:o3:1
# text = The Gulf of Mexico and the Florida coast
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Gulf	Gulf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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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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The Appalachians and the Great Plains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t4:o4:1
# text = The Appalachians and the Great Plains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Appalachians	Appalachian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Plains	Plain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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