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title: On a map the forest is 4 centimetres south of the river and the scal… — Map reading puzzles · tree and pragmatics
description: On a map the forest is 4 centimetres south of the river and the scale is 1 centimetre = 500 metres. What does a walker crossing from the forest to the river do? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 49 «Map reading puzzles» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Map reading puzzles

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On a map the forest is 4 centimetres south of the river and the scale is 1 centimetre = 500 metres. What does a walker crossing from the forest to the river do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** forest, scale, walker crossing · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** 4 centimetres, 1 centimetre

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* On a map the forest is 4 centimetres south of the river and the scale is 1 centimetre = 500 metres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:1
# text = On a map the forest is 4 centimetres south of the river and the scale is 1 centimetre = 500 metres.
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	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	south	south	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	centimetre	centimetre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
19	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	20	case	_	_
20	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the forest | 4 centimetres |  |  |  | of the river and 1 centimetre | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the scale | 1 centimetre |  |  |  | 500 metres *nmod* | 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:* What does a walker crossing from the forest to the river do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:2
# text = What does a walker crossing from the forest to the river do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	walker	walker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | a walker crossing from the forest to the river |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Walks 2 kilometres north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:o1:1
# text = Walks 2 kilometres north
1	Walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present |  | 2 kilometres |  |  |  | north *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walks 2 kilometres south

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:o2:1
# text = Walks 2 kilometres south
1	Walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	south	south	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present |  | 2 kilometres |  |  |  | south *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kilometre=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walks 500 metres north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:o3:1
# text = Walks 500 metres north
1	Walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walks 4 kilometres north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:49-map-puzzles:t9:o4:1
# text = Walks 4 kilometres north
1	Walks	walk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	north	north	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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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