--- title: Which list gives places from east to west across the United States? — The United States and its states · tree and pragmatics description: Which list gives places from east to west across the United States? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/44-the-usa-and-its-states/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The United States and its states](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/44-the-usa-and-its-states/) / t9 # Test 9 · The United States and its states Which list gives places from east to west across the United States? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** list · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** places, United States, east This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t9:1 # text = Which list gives places from east to west across the United States? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 west west ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 across across ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 United United ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 States State PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | which list | places | the United States | east | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent state=Recipient place=Theme | 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} New York, California, Colorado ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t9:o1:1 # text = New York, California, Colorado 1 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 2 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 California California PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Colorado Colorado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} New York, Colorado, California ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t9:o2:1 # text = New York, Colorado, California 1 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 2 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Colorado Colorado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 California California PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Colorado, New York, California ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t9:o3:1 # text = Colorado, New York, California 1 Colorado Colorado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 4 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 California California PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} California, Colorado, New York ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:44-the-usa-and-its-states:t9:o4:1 # text = California, Colorado, New York 1 California California PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Colorado Colorado PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 New New PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 6 York York PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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