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title: A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of l… — Famous eruptions and living with volca… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk. What's closer to the truth? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

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A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk. What's closer to the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, people · **What happens:** show, drown, outwalk, be · **To what, where:** people, lava

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» 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/47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:1
# text = A cartoon shows the people of Pompeii slowly drowned by a river of lava they could easily outwalk.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Pompeii	Pompeii	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	drowned	drown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	outwalk	outwalk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  | the people of Pompeii |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 2 | **drown** | participle | a cartoon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a river of lava; slowly *property* | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **outwalk** | could | people | lava *not said here* |  |  |  | easily *property* | 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 closer to the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:2
# text = What's closer to the truth?
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	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the truth; close *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cold lava froze them in ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:o1:1
# text = Cold lava froze them in ice
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past | Cold lava | them *= they* |  | ice |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The town was just abandoned with no eruption

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:o2:1
# text = The town was just abandoned with no eruption
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	eruption	eruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | past · passive |  | the town |  |  |  | with no eruption | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They were all killed by a tsunami from the bay and nothing else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:o3:1
# text = They were all killed by a tsunami from the bay and nothing else
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	conj	_	_
13	else	else	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive | a tsunami | They |  | the bay |  | all *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from bay=Initial\_Location |

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

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Ash fall and fast pyroclastic flows buried the towns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t1:o4:1
# text = Ash fall and fast pyroclastic flows buried the towns
1	Ash	ash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	pyroclastic	pyroclastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	flows	flow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	buried	bury	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ash** | imperative | you *not said here* | fall |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bury** | past | fast pyroclastic flows | the towns |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

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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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