--- title: Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. What will happen to… — Rivers shaping the land · tree and pragmatics description: Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. What will happen to the waterfall over time? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/t4/) [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/) / [Rivers shaping the land](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Rivers shaping the land Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. What will happen to the waterfall over time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hard rock, river · **What happens:** sit, drop, happen · **To what, where:** soft rock This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» 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/53-rivers-shaping-the-land/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:1 # text = Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. 1 Hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 drops drop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | Hard rock | | | soft rock | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | | 2 | **drop** | present | a river | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | 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:* What will happen to the waterfall over time? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:2 # text = What will happen to the waterfall over time? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 waterfall waterfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | time | to the waterfall | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It will slowly move back upstream ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:o1:1 # text = It will slowly move back upstream 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 upstream upstream ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move back** | future | It | | | | | slowly, upstream *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It will turn into a delta ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:o2:1 # text = It will turn into a delta 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 delta delta NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | future | It | | | a delta | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into delta=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} It will stay in exactly the same place ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:o3:1 # text = It will stay in exactly the same place 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | future | It | | | the same place | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} It will slowly climb uphill ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:53-rivers-shaping-the-land:t4:o4:1 # text = It will slowly climb uphill 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 climb climb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 uphill uphill ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | future | It | | | | | slowly, uphill *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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