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title: You hike in Norway along a long, narrow arm of the sea with cliffs o… — Glaciers and ice ages · tree and pragmatics
description: You hike in Norway along a long, narrow arm of the sea with cliffs on both sides. What carved it? Test 2 · ★★ 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 2 · ★★ · Glaciers and ice ages

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You hike in Norway along a long, narrow arm of the sea with cliffs on both sides. What carved it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** hike, carve · **To what, where:** Norway, arm

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You hike in Norway along a long, narrow arm of the sea with cliffs on both sides.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:1
# text = You hike in Norway along a long, narrow arm of the sea with cliffs on both sides.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hike	hike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hike** | present | You |  |  | Norway |  | along a long narrow arm of the sea with cliffs on both sides | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in norway=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 carved it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:2
# text = What carved it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carved	carve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carve** | past |  | arm |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A glacier, before the sea flooded the valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:o1:1
# text = A glacier, before the sea flooded the valley
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	glacier	glacier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	flooded	flood	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flood** | past | a glacier and the sea | the valley |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent valley=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An earthquake opening a crack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:o2:1
# text = An earthquake opening a crack
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	opening	open	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund | a earthquake *not said here* | a crack |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crack=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waves cutting a cave that later fell in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:o3:1
# text = Waves cutting a cave that later fell in
1	Waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	cutting	cut	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | gerund | Waves *not said here* | a cave |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cave=Product |
| 2 | **fall in** | past | a cave |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wide river winding slowly through a hot desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t2:o4:1
# text = A wide river winding slowly through a hot desert
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	winding	wind	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wind** | gerund | a wide river *not said here* |  |  | a hot desert |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through desert=Trajectory |

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