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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the supercontinent Pangaea? Exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 1 · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the supercontinent Pangaea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** supercontinent

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» of the geography 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/geography/43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the supercontinent Pangaea?
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	supercontinent	supercontinent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	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 supercontinent |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The final supercontinent, after which no other shall form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:e1:o1:1
# text = The final supercontinent, after which no other shall form
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	supercontinent	supercontinent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | shall | the final supercontinent |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An oceanic basin that occupied the present position of the Pacific

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:e1:o2:1
# text = An oceanic basin that occupied the present position of the Pacific
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	oceanic	oceanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	basin	basin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | past | a oceanic basin | the present position of the Pacific |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus position=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A landmass that formed approximately fifty million years ago in Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:e1:o3:1
# text = A landmass that formed approximately fifty million years ago in Asia
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landmass	landmass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	approximately	approximately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	compound	_	_
7	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | past | a landmass |  |  | Asia |  | ago *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in asia=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A landmass comprising almost all continental crust, extant some 300-200 million years ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:e1:o4:1
# text = A landmass comprising almost all continental crust, extant some 300-200 million years ago
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landmass	landmass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	comprising	comprise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	continental	continental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	crust	crust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	extant	extant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
11	300-200	300-200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	compound	_	_
12	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **comprise** | gerund | a landmass *not said here* | all continental crust |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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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