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title: wots the equator again — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: wots the equator again Test 11 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 right.
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# Test 11 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wots the equator again

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** wot · **To what, where:** equator

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t11:1
# text = wots the equator again
1	wots	wot	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wot** | present |  | the equator |  |  | again |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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An imaginary line round the middle, halfway between the poles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t11:o1:1
# text = An imaginary line round the middle, halfway between the poles
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	halfway	halfway	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The line you'd draw from the North Pole down to the South Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t11:o2:1
# text = The line you'd draw from the North Pole down to the South Pole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	draw	draw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | would | the line |  | the South Pole | the North Pole |  | down *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from pole=Initial\_Location to pole=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The edge of the world where the sea ends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t11:o3:1
# text = The edge of the world where the sea ends
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | the edge of the world |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A real painted line you can stand on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t11:o4:1
# text = A real painted line you can stand on
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stand on** | can | you | a real painted line *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus |

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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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