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title: A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language. Where does she live? — Countries, peoples and languages of th… · tree and pragmatics
description: A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language. Where does she live? Test 10 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Countries, peoples and languages of the world

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A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language. Where does she live?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pen pal, pal · **What happens:** write, live · **To what, where:** Kyiv

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This is test 10 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» 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/46-countries-peoples-languages/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:1
# text = A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Kyiv	Kyiv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Slavic	slavic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | a pen pal |  |  | Kyiv |  | in a Slavic language | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in language=Destination |

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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 she live?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:2
# text = Where does she live?
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	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **live** | present · do-support | pal |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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In Ukraine, in eastern Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:o1:1
# text = In Ukraine, in eastern Europe
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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In Canada, in North America

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:o2:1
# text = In Canada, in North America
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Ireland, in western Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:o3:1
# text = In Ireland, in western Europe
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Australia, near the coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:46-countries-peoples-languages:t10:o4:1
# text = In Australia, near the coast
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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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