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title: my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit — Weathering and erosion · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit Test 1 of lesson 52 «Weathering and erosion» 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 1 · Weathering and erosion

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, weathering · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** same thing innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 52 «Weathering and erosion» 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/52-weathering-and-erosion/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:52-weathering-and-erosion:t1:1
# text = my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	weathering	weathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	erosion	erosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | weathering and erosion | the same thing innit |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, weathering only means rainy days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:52-weathering-and-erosion:t1:o1:1
# text = No, weathering only means rainy days
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	weathering	weather	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weather** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | weathering |  |  |  | day |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, they are just two names for one thing, he's spot on

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:52-weathering-and-erosion:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, they are just two names for one thing, he's spot on
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	spot	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | two names |  |  |  | for one thing | tree rules |
| 2 | **spot** | present · passive |  | two names |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, weathering breaks rock in place, erosion moves the bits away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:52-weathering-and-erosion:t1:o3:1
# text = No, weathering breaks rock in place, erosion moves the bits away
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	weathering	weathering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	erosion	erosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | weathering | rock |  | place |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=Patient |
| 2 | **move away** | present | erosion | the bits |  |  |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bit=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, erosion happens only in space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:52-weathering-and-erosion:t1:o4:1
# text = No, erosion happens only in space
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	erosion	erosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | erosion |  |  | space |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in space=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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