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title: "bloody volcano in iceland and my holiday flight's cancelled, what a… — Famous eruptions and living with volca… · tree and pragmatics
description: "bloody volcano in iceland and my holiday flight's cancelled, what a joke" Why was it cancelled? Test 6 · ★★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

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"bloody volcano in iceland and my holiday flight's cancelled, what a joke" Why was it cancelled?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** cancel, joke · **To what, where:** holiday flight, bloody volcano

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t6:1
# text = "bloody volcano in iceland and my holiday flight's cancelled, what a joke" Why was it cancelled?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	iceland	iceland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
17	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
20	cancelled	cancel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cancel** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | my holiday flight |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **joke** *speech: other* *in a quote* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cancel** | past · passive |  | bloody volcano in iceland |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The planes were needed to rescue people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t6:o1:1
# text = The planes were needed to rescue people
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	rescue	rescue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past · passive |  | the planes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **rescue** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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

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Volcanic ash can wreck jet engines, so flights are grounded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t6:o2:1
# text = Volcanic ash can wreck jet engines, so flights are grounded
1	Volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wreck	wreck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	jet	jet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	engines	engine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	flights	flight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	grounded	ground	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wreck** | can | Volcanic ash | jet engines |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Patient |
| 2 | **ground** | present · passive |  | flights |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V ADVP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The ash made the runways too hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t6:o3:1
# text = The ash made the runways too hot
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	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	runways	runway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the ash | the runways |  |  |  | hot *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset runway=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Iceland closed all the airports in the world for its own safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:47-famous-eruptions-and-living-with-volcanoes:t6:o4:1
# text = Iceland closed all the airports in the world for its own safety
1	Iceland	Iceland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	closed	close	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	airports	airport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | past | Iceland | all airports |  |  |  | for world's own safety; in the world | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent airport=Patient in world=Topic |

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