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title: Two towns are 12 centimetres apart on a map where 1 centimetre is 10… — Map reading puzzles · tree and pragmatics
description: Two towns are 12 centimetres apart on a map where 1 centimetre is 10 kilometres. A bus drives 60 kilometres an hour. How long is the trip in a straight line? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Map reading puzzles

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Two towns are 12 centimetres apart on a map where 1 centimetre is 10 kilometres. A bus drives 60 kilometres an hour. How long is the trip in a straight line?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two towns, 1 centimetre, bus · **What happens:** be, drive · **To what, where:** map, 10 kilometres, 60 kilometres, trip, straight line

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» 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/49-map-puzzles/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two towns are 12 centimetres apart on a map where 1 centimetre is 10 kilometres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:1
# text = Two towns are 12 centimetres apart on a map where 1 centimetre is 10 kilometres.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
6	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
11	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	centimetre	centimetre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two towns |  |  | a map |  | 12 centimetres *obl*; apart *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | 1 centimetre | 10 kilometres |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* A bus drives 60 kilometres an hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:2
# text = A bus drives 60 kilometres an hour.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drives	drive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | a bus | 60 kilometres  a hour |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* How long is the trip in a straight line?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:3
# text = How long is the trip in a straight line?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trip	trip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the trip |  | a straight line |  | long *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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2 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:o1:1
# text = 2 hours
1	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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12 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:o2:1
# text = 12 hours
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	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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6 hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:o3:1
# text = 6 hours
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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1 hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t2:o4:1
# text = 1 hour
1	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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