---
title: A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for k… — Volcanoes: how and where · tree and pragmatics
description: A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres. What type is it? Test 7 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/t7/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Volcanoes: how and where](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/) / t7

# Test 7 · Volcanoes: how and where

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres. What type is it?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wide sloping volcano, runny lava, type · **What happens:** slope, pour out, flow, be · **To what, where:** runny lava, type

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:1
# text = A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	sloping	slope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	amod	_	_
6	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pours	pour	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slope** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pour out** | present | a wide sloping volcano | runny lava |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lava=Patient |
| 3 | **flow** | present | runny lava |  |  |  |  | for kilometres | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What type is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:2
# text = What type is it?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	type	type	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | what type | type |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hotspot ridge cone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:o1:1
# text = A hotspot ridge cone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hotspot	hotspot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ridge	ridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shield volcano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:o2:1
# text = A shield volcano
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A stratovolcano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:o3:1
# text = A stratovolcano
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stratovolcano	stratovolcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A caldera

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t7:o4:1
# text = A caldera
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caldera	caldera	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Volcanoes: how and where, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/t6/)
- next →: [Volcanoes: how and where, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/t8/)
- ↑ back to [Volcanoes: how and where](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/46-volcanoes-how-and-where/)