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title: "the volcano stinks like rotten eggs, what is that" — Volcanoes: how and where · tree and pragmatics
description: "the volcano stinks like rotten eggs, what is that" Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · Volcanoes: how and where

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"the volcano stinks like rotten eggs, what is that"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** volcano, that · **What happens:** stink, be

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t9:1
# text = "the volcano stinks like rotten eggs, what is that"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stinks	stink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rotten	rotten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	appos	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stink** *in a quote* | present | the volcano |  |  |  |  | like rotten eggs | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Rotting trees buried under the ash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t9:o1:1
# text = Rotting trees buried under the ash
1	Rotting	rot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rot** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **bury** | participle |  | Rotting trees *not said here* |  | the ash |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under ash=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The smell of the hot rocks only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t9:o2:1
# text = The smell of the hot rocks only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | the hot rocks |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lava burning old food in the crater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t9:o3:1
# text = Lava burning old food in the crater
1	Lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crater	crater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | gerund | Lava *not said here* | old food |  | the crater |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sulfur gases from the volcano

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:46-volcanoes-how-and-where:t9:o4:1
# text = Sulfur gases from the volcano
1	Sulfur	sulfur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	gases	gas	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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