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title: Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north… — Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north, lies far inland. Which is most likely true? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north, lies far inland. Which is most likely true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Seattle · **What happens:** be, lie · **To what, where:** Pacific coast

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north, lies far inland.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:1
# text = Seattle is on the Pacific coast, and Minneapolis, about as far north, lies far inland.
1	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
14	north	north	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
18	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Seattle |  |  | the Pacific coast |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | present | Seattle *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inland, north *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Which is most likely true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:2
# text = Which is most likely true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely, true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both always have the same weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:o1:1
# text = Both always have the same weather
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Both | the same weather |  |  |  | always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weather=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seattle never has winter at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:o2:1
# text = Seattle never has winter at all
1	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **have** | present | Seattle |  |  |  | winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seattle has a milder winter than Minneapolis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:o3:1
# text = Seattle has a milder winter than Minneapolis
1	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	milder	mild	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Seattle |  |  |  | winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seattle has a colder winter than Minneapolis

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t6:o4:1
# text = Seattle has a colder winter than Minneapolis
1	Seattle	Seattle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	colder	cold	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Seattle |  |  |  | winter |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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