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title: Mia thinks Pangaea was the only supercontinent ever. What's true? — Moving continents: from Pangaea to today · tree and pragmatics
description: Mia thinks Pangaea was the only supercontinent ever. What's true? Test 10 · ★★★ 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

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Mia thinks Pangaea was the only supercontinent ever. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, Pangaea · **What happens:** think, be · **To what, where:** only supercontinent · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» 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/43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia thinks Pangaea was the only supercontinent ever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:1
# text = Mia thinks Pangaea was the only supercontinent ever.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	supercontinent	supercontinent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Pangaea | the only supercontinent |  |  | ever |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:2
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Supercontinents form and break up again and again, like Rodinia before it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:o1:1
# text = Supercontinents form and break up again and again, like Rodinia before it
1	Supercontinents	supercontinent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	form	form	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Rodinia	Rodinia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Supercontinents |  |  | it |  | like Rodinia | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before it=Location |
| 2 | **break up** | present | Supercontinents *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Pangaea was the first and there will never be another one like it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:o2:1
# text = Pangaea was the first and there will never be another one like it
1	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	9	expl	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Pangaea | the first one |  |  |  | like it | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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There were never any supercontinents, it is a myth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:o3:1
# text = There were never any supercontinents, it is a myth
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	supercontinents	supercontinent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	expl	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	myth	myth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | any supercontinents |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a myth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rodinia came after Pangaea broke up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t10:o4:1
# text = Rodinia came after Pangaea broke up
1	Rodinia	Rodinia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Rodinia |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **break up** | past | Pangaea |  |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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