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title: On a map the school is 3 centimetres east of the house and the shop… — Map reading puzzles · tree and pragmatics
description: On a map the school is 3 centimetres east of the house and the shop 3 centimetres west of the house. The scale is 1 centimetre = 100 metres. How far is the school from the shop? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Map reading puzzles

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On a map the school is 3 centimetres east of the house and the shop 3 centimetres west of the house. The scale is 1 centimetre = 100 metres. How far is the school from the shop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** school, scale · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** centimetres east, map, 1 centimetre, school, shop

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a map the school is 3 centimetres east of the house and the shop 3 centimetres west of the house.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:1
# text = On a map the school is 3 centimetres east of the house and the shop 3 centimetres west of the house.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
16	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
18	west	west	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the school | centimetres east and the shop 3 centimetres |  | a map |  | of the house | 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:* The scale is 1 centimetre = 100 metres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:2
# text = The scale is 1 centimetre = 100 metres.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	centimetre	centimetre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	case	_	_
7	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 scale | 1 centimetre |  |  |  | 100 metres *nmod* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* How far is the school from the shop?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:3
# text = How far is the school from the shop?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	far	far	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	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 school |  | the shop |  | far *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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300 metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:o1:1
# text = 300 metres
1	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
600 metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:o2:1
# text = 600 metres
1	600	600	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
100 metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:o3:1
# text = 100 metres
1	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	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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0 metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t5:o4:1
# text = 0 metres
1	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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