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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
India moves about 5 cm a year now. "hang on, how did it get from near Antarctica to Asia then?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** India, it · **What happens:** move about, hang on, get · **To what, where:** 5 cm, Asia, Antarctica · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t7:1
# text = India moves about 5 cm a year now. "hang on, how did it get from near Antarctica to Asia then?"
1	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hang	hang	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	near	near	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
23	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move about** | present | India | 5 cm  a year |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hang on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past · do-support | it |  | Asia | Antarctica | then |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from antarctica=Initial\_Location to asia=Destination |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was towed by strong sea currents in just a few years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t7:o1:1
# text = It was towed by strong sea currents in just a few years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	towed	tow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	currents	current	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tow** | past · passive | strong sea currents | It |  |  | year |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It raced north faster, up to about 15 cm a year, for tens of millions of years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t7:o2:1
# text = It raced north faster, up to about 15 cm a year, for tens of millions of years
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raced	race	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	north	north	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	cm	cm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	tens	ten	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | past | It |  |  | 15 cm  a year |  | for tens of millions of years; fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cm=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was blown there by a giant volcano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t7:o3:1
# text = It was blown there by a giant volcano
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · passive | a giant volcano | It |  | there |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It sank and came back up in Asia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:43-moving-continents-from-pangaea-to-today:t7:o4:1
# text = It sank and came back up in Asia
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	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 | **sink** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **come back** | past |  |  |  | Asia |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in asia=Location |

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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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