--- title: A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. What happens? — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics description: A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. What happens? Test 1 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 was wrong. --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. What happens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** traveller · **What happens:** fly, keep, go, turn, happen This is test 1 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:1 # text = A traveller flies east and keeps going without turning. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 traveller traveller NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 east east ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | present | a traveller | | | | | east *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | present | a traveller *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | a traveller *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | gerund | a traveller *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* What happens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:2 # text = What happens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She reaches the North Pole ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:o1:1 # text = She reaches the North Pole 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Pole Pole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | present | She | the North Pole | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent pole=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She comes back to where she started ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:o2:1 # text = She comes back to where she started 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | present | She | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **start** | past | she | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} She flies away into space ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:o3:1 # text = She flies away into space 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flies fly VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | present | She | | | | | into space *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into space=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} She falls off the edge of the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t1:o4:1 # text = She falls off the edge of the Earth 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 off off ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | present | She | the edge of the Earth | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient edge=Extent | **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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