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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the thickness of ice near streams, inlets and bridges? Exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Pools, lakes and ice

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the thickness of ice near streams, inlets and bridges?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** thickness

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 45 «Pools, lakes and ice» of the everyday 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/everyday/45-pools-lakes-and-ice/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the thickness of ice near streams, inlets and bridges?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	thickness	thickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	inlets	inlet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the thickness of ice near streams and inlets and bridges |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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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The ice is thinner where water moves beneath it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e1:o1:1
# text = The ice is thinner where water moves beneath it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thinner	thin	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ice |  |  |  |  | thin *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | water |  |  | ice |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme beneath it=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The ice is thickest beneath bridges because of shade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e1:o2:1
# text = The ice is thickest beneath bridges because of shade
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thickest	thick	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ice |  |  |  |  | beneath bridges; because shade; thick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ice is of uniform thickness everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e1:o3:1
# text = The ice is of uniform thickness everywhere
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	uniform	uniform	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thickness	thickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ice |  |  |  |  | of uniform thickness; everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ice is thicker where water moves beneath it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:45-pools-lakes-and-ice:e1:o4:1
# text = The ice is thicker where water moves beneath it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the ice |  |  |  |  | thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | present | water |  |  | ice |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme beneath it=Trajectory |

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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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