--- title: State the approximate circumference of the Earth measured at the equ… — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics description: State the approximate circumference of the Earth measured at the equator. Exam question 2 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The shape and size of the Earth, the p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator State the approximate circumference of the Earth measured at the equator. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** approximate circumference · **What happens:** measure · **To what, where:** State, equator This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e2:1 # text = State the approximate circumference of the Earth measured at the equator. 1 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 approximate approximate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 circumference circumference NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 measured measure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 equator equator NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | past | the approximate circumference of the Earth | State | | the equator | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at equator=Value | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Twelve thousand seven hundred kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e2:o1:1 # text = Twelve thousand seven hundred kilometres 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 compound _ _ 4 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Four hundred thousand kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e2:o2:1 # text = Four hundred thousand kilometres 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ _ 3 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Forty thousand kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e2:o3:1 # text = Forty thousand kilometres 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four thousand kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:e2:o4:1 # text = Four thousand kilometres 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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