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title: In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot. What's wr… — Volcanoes: how and where · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot. What's wrong? Test 2 of lesson 46 «Volcanoes: how and where» 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 right.
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# Test 2 · Volcanoes: how and where

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In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** outrun, be · **To what, where:** pyroclastic flow, game

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This is test 2 of lesson 46 «Volcanoes: how and where» 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/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:1
# text = In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	outruns	outrun	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pyroclastic	pyroclastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flow	flow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **outrun** | present | a character | a pyroclastic flow |  | a game |  | on foot | 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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:2
# text = What's wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They only ever move uphill, never down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:o1:1
# text = They only ever move uphill, never down
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	uphill	uphill	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | infinitive | They |  |  |  | ever | down, uphill *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are made of cool water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:o2:1
# text = They are made of cool water
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | of cool water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, they move at walking pace, so anyone fit can get away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, they move at walking pace, so anyone fit can get away
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	compound	_	_
11	fit	fit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | they *not said here* | pace |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pace=Trajectory |
| 3 | **get away** | can | anyone fit |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Pyroclastic flows race at over 100 km/h, far faster than a runner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t2:o4:1
# text = Pyroclastic flows race at over 100 km/h, far faster than a runner
1	Pyroclastic	pyroclastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	flows	flow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	race	race	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	km/h	km/h	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	runner	runner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | present | Pyroclastic flows |  |  | 100 km/h |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km/h=Trajectory |

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