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title: "son doong's just a big hole in the ground, nothing special" — what'… — Coasts and caves · tree and pragmatics
description: "son doong's just a big hole in the ground, nothing special" — what's special about it? Test 5 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Coasts and caves

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"son doong's just a big hole in the ground, nothing special" — what's special about it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big hole · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t5:1
# text = "son doong's just a big hole in the ground, nothing special" — what's special about it?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	doong	doong	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	appos	_	_
14	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
20	about	about	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a big hole in the ground |  |  |  |  | about doong; special *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is the deepest hole ever dug by people, deeper than any mine on Earth

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t5:o1:1
# text = It is the deepest hole ever dug by people, deeper than any mine on Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	deepest	deep	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
14	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the deepest hole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **dig** | participle |  | the deepest hole *not said here* |  |  | ever |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a volcano crater full of sea water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t5:o2:1
# text = It is a volcano crater full of sea water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	crater	crater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a volcano crater |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a cave made of ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t5:o3:1
# text = It is a cave made of ice
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a cave |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a cave *not said here* |  |  |  | of ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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

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It holds the largest known cave passage, big enough for skyscrapers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t5:o4:1
# text = It holds the largest known cave passage, big enough for skyscrapers
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
5	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | It | the largest known cave passage |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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