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title: In a cartoon, two kids dig a hole in their garden all the way throug… — Inside the Earth · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, two kids dig a hole in their garden all the way through to Australia. What's wrong with it? Test 2 of lesson 41 «Inside the Earth» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · Inside the Earth

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In a cartoon, two kids dig a hole in their garden all the way through to Australia. What's wrong with it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** two kids · **What happens:** dig, be · **To what, where:** hole, cartoon

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This is test 2 of lesson 41 «Inside the Earth» of the geography 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/geography/41-inside-the-earth/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, two kids dig a hole in their garden all the way through to Australia.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:1
# text = In a cartoon, two kids dig a hole in their garden all the way through to Australia.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dig	dig	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	through	through	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | present | two kids | a hole |  | a cartoon |  | in kids's garden; all way *obl:unmarked*; through *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in cartoon=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong with it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:2
# text = What's wrong with it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with way; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The hole would fill with seawater at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:o1:1
# text = The hole would fill with seawater at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	seawater	seawater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | would | the hole |  |  |  |  | with seawater | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with seawater=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The crust alone is tens of km thick and the core is thousands of degrees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:o2:1
# text = The crust alone is tens of km thick and the core is thousands of degrees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	km	km	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	core	core	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the crust |  |  |  |  | of km; thick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | thick thousands |  |  |  | of degrees | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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You'd come out in China, not Australia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:o3:1
# text = You'd come out in China, not Australia
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come out** | would | You | Australia |  | China |  | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, you would just need a long spade and a few weeks of hard digging

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, you would just need a long spade and a few weeks of hard digging
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	spade	spade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	digging	digging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | would | Nothing | a long spade and a few weeks of hard digging |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot spade=Theme |

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