--- title: Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientifi… — Continents and oceans · tree and pragmatics description: Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientific fact. Right? Test 1 of lesson 5 «Continents and oceans» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/5-continents-and-oceans/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Continents and oceans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/5-continents-and-oceans/) / t1 # Test 1 · Continents and oceans Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientific fact. Right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, that · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** seven continents, scientific fact This is test 1 of lesson 5 «Continents and oceans» 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/5-continents-and-oceans/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientific fact. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:1 # text = Mate reckons there's exactly seven continents and that's a scientific fact. 1 Mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 continents continent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Mate | seven continents and a scientific fact | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | Mate *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | that | a scientific fact | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:2 # text = Right? 1 Right right INTJ UH _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, scientists fixed it in 1884 ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, scientists fixed it in 1884 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 scientists scientist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fixed fix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 1884 1884 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | past | scientists | it | | 1884 | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} No, there are really twelve ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:o2:1 # text = No, there are really twelve 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | twelve | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, every country teaches seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, every country teaches seven 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 teaches teach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | every country | seven | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent seven=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, how many is an agreement and differs by country ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:5-continents-and-oceans:t1:o4:1 # text = No, how many is an agreement and differs by country 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 differs differ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | a many agreement | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **differ** | present | | | | | | by country | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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