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title: "if pangaea was still a thing could i walk from london to new york?" — Moving continents: from Pangaea to today · tree and pragmatics
description: "if pangaea was still a thing could i walk from london to new york?" Test 2 · ★★★ 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 2 · ★★★ · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"if pangaea was still a thing could i walk from london to new york?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pangaea, thing · **What happens:** be, walk · **To what, where:** thing, london

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t2:1
# text = "if pangaea was still a thing could i walk from london to new york?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	pangaea	pangaea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	london	london	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	york	york	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | pangaea | a thing |  |  | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** *in a quote* | could | a thing |  |  | london |  | to new york *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to york=Result |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only by swimming across Panthalassa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only by swimming across Panthalassa
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Panthalassa	Panthalassa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | gerund |  |  |  | Panthalassa |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across panthalassa=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, the land was joined, though deserts and mountains would be in the way

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, the land was joined, though deserts and mountains would be in the way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | past · passive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | would | deserts and mountains |  |  | the way |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, London and New York were on different planets back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t2:o3:1
# text = No, London and New York were on different planets back then
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | London and New York |  |  | different planets |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, there was no land at all back then

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t2:o4:1
# text = No, there was no land at all back then
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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