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title: If you could walk around the equator at about 30 kilometres a day, h… — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: If you could walk around the equator at about 30 kilometres a day, how long would it take? Test 7 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 
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# Test 7 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

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If you could walk around the equator at about 30 kilometres a day, how long would it take?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** walk, take · **To what, where:** equator

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t7:1
# text = If you could walk around the equator at about 30 kilometres a day, how long would it take?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	equator	equator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	expl	_	_
19	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | you |  |  | the equator | day | at 30 kilometres | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around equator=Trajectory |
| 2 | **take** | would |  | equator |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About thirty long years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t7:o1:1
# text = About thirty long years
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About one month of walking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t7:o2:1
# text = About one month of walking
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More than three years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t7:o3:1
# text = More than three years
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About one week if you hurry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t7:o4:1
# text = About one week if you hurry
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hurry	hurry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry** | present | you |  |  |  | week |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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