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description: Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning erratics. Exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Glaciers and ice ages» 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.
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# Exam question 3 · Glaciers and ice ages

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Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning erratics.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Glaciers and ice ages» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/54-glaciers-and-ice-ages/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning erratics.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	erratics	erratic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established facts and concerning erratics; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are fissures within glacial ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:e3:o1:1
# text = They are fissures within glacial ice
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fissures	fissure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	glacial	glacial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | fissures |  |  |  | within glacial ice | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They are lakes situated within volcanic craters formerly occupied by glaciers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:e3:o2:1
# text = They are lakes situated within volcanic craters formerly occupied by glaciers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	volcanic	volcanic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	craters	crater	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	occupied	occupy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | lakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **situate** | participle |  | lakes *not said here* |  |  |  | within volcanic | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **occupy** | present · passive | glaciers | lakes |  |  |  | formerly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are deposits formed by desert winds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:e3:o3:1
# text = They are deposits formed by desert winds
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	deposits	deposit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | deposits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **form** | participle |  | deposits *not said here* |  |  |  | by desert winds | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by wind=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They are boulders transported and deposited by glaciers far from their origin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:e3:o4:1
# text = They are boulders transported and deposited by glaciers far from their origin
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	boulders	boulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	transported	transport	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | boulders |  |  |  | far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **transport** | participle |  | boulders *not said here* |  |  |  | by glaciers | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **deposit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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