--- title: little sis: "stalagMITES go up, stalacTITES come down — how do i rem… — Coasts and caves · tree and pragmatics description: little sis: "stalagMITES go up, stalacTITES come down — how do i remember?" which is right? Test 1 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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/55-coasts-and-caves/t1/) [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/) / [Coasts and caves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/) / t1 # Test 1 · Coasts and caves little sis: "stalagMITES go up, stalacTITES come down — how do i remember?" which is right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stalagMITES, stalacTITES, i · **What happens:** go up, come down, remember, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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/55-coasts-and-caves/#t1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t1:1 # text = little sis: "stalagMITES go up, stalacTITES come down — how do i remember?" which is right? 1 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sis sis NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 stalagMITES stalagmite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 stalacTITES stalactite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 11 down down ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 21 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** *in a quote* | present | stalagMITES | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **come down** *in a quote* | present | stalacTITES | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **remember** *in a quote* | present · do-support | i | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Both hang from the roof ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t1:o1:1 # text = Both hang from the roof 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | present | Both | | | the roof | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stalactites hang down from the roof, stalagmites grow up ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t1:o2:1 # text = Stalactites hang down from the roof, stalagmites grow up 1 Stalactites stalactite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 stalagmites stalagmite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang down** | present | Stalactites | | | the roof | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **grow up** | present | stalagmites | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Both grow from the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t1:o3:1 # text = Both grow from the floor 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | present | Both | | | | | from the floor | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from floor=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Stalactites grow up, stalagmites hang down ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t1:o4:1 # text = Stalactites grow up, stalagmites hang down 1 Stalactites stalactite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 grow grow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 stalagmites stalagmite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 hang hang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | present | Stalactites | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **hang down** | present | stalagmites | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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