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title: "snow in june?? in 1816?? why" — Famous eruptions and living with volca… · tree and pragmatics
description: "snow in june?? in 1816?? why" Test 2 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

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"snow in june?? in 1816?? why"

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t2:1
# text = "snow in june?? in 1816?? why"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	june	june	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	1816	1816	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	??	??	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Moon blocked the Sun all summer, a long eclipse lasting for months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t2:o1:1
# text = The Moon blocked the Sun all summer, a long eclipse lasting for months
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blocked	block	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
12	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | past | the Moon | the Sun |  |  | summer |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sun=Theme |
| 2 | **last** | gerund | a long eclipse *not said here* |  |  |  | month |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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

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A volcano, Tambora, filled the sky with ash and gas that cooled the Earth

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t2:o2:1
# text = A volcano, Tambora, filled the sky with ash and gas that cooled the Earth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Tambora	Tambora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cooled	cool	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | a volcano | the sky |  |  |  | with ash and gas | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent sky=Patient with ash=Instrument |
| 2 | **cool** | past | ash and gas | the Earth |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A giant glacier slid into Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t2:o3:1
# text = A giant glacier slid into Europe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glacier	glacier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | past | a giant glacier |  |  |  |  | into Europe *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent into europe=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Earth moved much further away from the Sun that year, so the whole planet got cold

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t2:o4:1
# text = The Earth moved much further away from the Sun that year, so the whole planet got cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | the Earth |  |  | the Sun | year | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from sun=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get** | past | the whole planet |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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