--- title: A doctor must get a small box of medicine to another continent by to… — Transport: from horses to planes · tree and pragmatics description: A doctor must get a small box of medicine to another continent by tomorrow. Which transport is best? 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Which transport is best? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doctor, transport · **What happens:** get, be · **To what, where:** small box This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 99 «Transport: from horses to planes» 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/99-transport-horses-to-planes/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A doctor must get a small box of medicine to another continent by tomorrow. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:1 # text = A doctor must get a small box of medicine to another continent by tomorrow. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 continent continent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 tomorrow tomorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | must | a doctor | a small box of medicine | | | tomorrow | to another continent | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus | 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:* Which transport is best? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:2 # text = Which transport is best? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 transport transport NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which transport | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A steam train ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:o1:1 # text = A steam train 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A sailing ship ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:o2:1 # text = A sailing ship 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sailing sailing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A plane ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:o3:1 # text = A plane 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 plane plane NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A canal boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:99-transport-horses-to-planes:t2:o4:1 # text = A canal boat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 canal canal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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