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title: Mia reckons the core must be the coldest place because it's furthest… — Inside the Earth · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia reckons the core must be the coldest place because it's furthest from the Sun. Right? Test 5 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 5 · Inside the Earth

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Mia reckons the core must be the coldest place because it's furthest from the Sun. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, core · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** coldest place

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t5:1
# text = Mia reckons the core must be the coldest place because it's furthest from the Sun. Right?
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	core	core	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	coldest	cold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	furthest	furth	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | must | the core | the coldest place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | core | the coldest place *not said here* |  |  | sunday | furth *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 {#o1}

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No, it's only as warm as a summer day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t5:o1:1
# text = No, it's only as warm as a summer day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | day | warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it's about the same temperature as the North Pole in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t5:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's about the same temperature as the North Pole in winter
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	temperature	temperature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the same temperature |  |  | winter | as the North Pole; about *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's about 5,000-6,000 °C from the Earth's own heat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t5:o3:1
# text = No, it's about 5,000-6,000 °C from the Earth's own heat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	5,000-6	5,000-6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	000	000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	conj	_	_
9	°	°	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	C	C	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 5,000-6 |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **heat** |  | the Earth |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's frozen solid iron

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:41-inside-the-earth:t5:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's frozen solid iron
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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