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title: A farmer finds a huge granite boulder in a field where all the rocks… — Glaciers and ice ages · tree and pragmatics
description: A farmer finds a huge granite boulder in a field where all the rocks below are chalk. How did it most likely get there? Test 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'
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Glaciers and ice ages

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A farmer finds a huge granite boulder in a field where all the rocks below are chalk. How did it most likely get there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** farmer, rocks · **What happens:** find, be, get · **To what, where:** huge granite boulder, field, chalk

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A farmer finds a huge granite boulder in a field where all the rocks below are chalk.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:1
# text = A farmer finds a huge granite boulder in a field where all the rocks below are chalk.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	granite	granite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	boulder	boulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	below	below	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	chalk	chalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a farmer | a huge granite boulder |  | a field |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boulder=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | all rocks | chalk |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* How did it most likely get there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:2
# text = How did it most likely get there?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | farmer |  |  | there |  | likely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wind blew it there from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:o1:1
# text = Wind blew it there from far away
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blew	blow	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	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | Wind | it |  | there |  | far *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Ice carried it there and dropped it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:o2:1
# text = Ice carried it there and dropped it
1	Ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	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	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | Ice | it |  | there |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past | Ice *not said here* | Ice |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It grew there slowly from a tiny seed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:o3:1
# text = It grew there slowly from a tiny seed
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | It |  |  | there |  | from a tiny seed; slowly *property* | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from seed=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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People made it in a factory and lost it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:54-glaciers-and-ice-ages:t3:o4:1
# text = People made it in a factory and lost it
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | People | it |  | a factory |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 2 | **lose** | past | People *not said here* | factory |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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