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title: In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car. What shou… — Glaciers and ice ages · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car. What should be corrected? Test 1 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Glaciers and ice ages

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In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car. What should be corrected?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** glacier · **What happens:** zoom, correct · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Glaciers and ice ages» 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/54-glaciers-and-ice-ages/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:1
# text = In a cartoon a glacier zooms down the mountain like a car.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	glacier	glacier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	zooms	zoom	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | present | a glacier |  |  | a cartoon |  | down the mountain; like a car | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory |

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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 should be corrected?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:2
# text = What should be corrected?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	corrected	correct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** *speech: disagree* | should · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Glaciers do not move at all, they just sit and melt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:o1:1
# text = Glaciers do not move at all, they just sit and melt
1	Glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | present · do-support | Glaciers |  |  | all |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory |
| 2 | **sit** | present | Glaciers *= glacier* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **melt** | present | Glaciers *= glacier* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Glaciers flow very slowly, often a few metres a day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:o2:1
# text = Glaciers flow very slowly, often a few metres a day
1	Glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flow	flow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | present | Glaciers | a few metres |  |  | day | slowly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Glaciers move only uphill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:o3:1
# text = Glaciers move only uphill
1	Glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	uphill	uphill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Glaciers |  |  |  |  | uphill *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Glaciers slide fast only at night, when it is cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t1:o4:1
# text = Glaciers slide fast only at night, when it is cold
1	Glaciers	glacier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slide	slide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | present | Glaciers |  |  |  | night | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |

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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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