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title: Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the w… — Igneous rocks and the rock cycle · tree and pragmatics
description: Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down. What lies under the mud and sand? Test 8 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 8 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle

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Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down. What lies under the mud and sand?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** little brother · **What happens:** think, make, lie · **To what, where:** ocean floor, mud · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» 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/48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:1
# text = Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
15	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | the ocean floor |  |  |  | of sand; down *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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 lies under the mud and sand?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:2
# text = What lies under the mud and sand?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present |  |  |  | the mud and sand |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under mud=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mostly basalt from runny lava

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:o1:1
# text = Mostly basalt from runny lava
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	basalt	basalt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	runny	runny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mostly granite with big crystals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:o2:1
# text = Mostly granite with big crystals
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crystals	crystal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mostly chalk made of shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:o3:1
# text = Mostly chalk made of shells
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | chalk *not said here* |  |  |  | of shells | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mostly ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:48-igneous-rocks-and-the-rock-cycle:t8:o4:1
# text = Mostly ice
1	Mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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