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title: Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes… — Famous eruptions and living with volca… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes from the ground? Test 10 · ★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

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Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes from the ground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** few countries · **What happens:** be, heat · **To what, where:** one, homes, ground

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This is test 10 · ★★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t10:1
# text = Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes from the ground?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Iceland	Iceland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:unmarked	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	heats	heat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | one |  |  |  | of the few countries; Iceland *nmod:unmarked* | tree rules |
| 2 | **heat** | present | the few countries | all homes |  | the ground |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent home=Patient |

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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}

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It is closer to the Sun than any other country on Earth, so its rocks are warm

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t10:o1:1
# text = It is closer to the Sun than any other country on Earth, so its rocks are warm
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the Sun; than any other country on Earth; close *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | country's rocks |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It imports hot water from Africa in huge tanker ships every single month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t10:o2:1
# text = It imports hot water from Africa in huge tanker ships every single month
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	imports	import	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	tanker	tanker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **import** | present | It | hot water |  | Africa | month | in huge tanker ships | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from africa=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It burns all its forests for heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t10:o3:1
# text = It burns all its forests for heat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	forests	forest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heat	heat	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** | present | It | its forests |  |  |  | for heat | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Theme |

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

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It sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, with volcanic heat close to the surface

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t10:o4:1
# text = It sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, with volcanic heat close to the surface
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Mid-Atlantic	Mid-Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Ridge	Ridge	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	surface	surface	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | present | It |  |  | the Mid-Atlantic Ridge |  | with volcanic heat | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ridge=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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