--- title: Why do sea levels rising with warming matter for coastal towns? — Coasts and caves · tree and pragmatics description: Why do sea levels rising with warming matter for coastal towns? Test 8 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. --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Coasts and caves Why do sea levels rising with warming matter for coastal towns? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea levels · **What happens:** do, rise · **To what, where:** sea levels This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t8:1 # text = Why do sea levels rising with warming matter for coastal towns? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 levels level NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 warming warming NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 coastal coastal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | | sea levels | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent level=Eventuality | | 2 | **rise** | gerund | sea levels *not said here* | | | | | with warming matter; for coastal towns | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} Beaches will grow much wider and safer ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t8:o1:1 # text = Beaches will grow much wider and safer 1 Beaches beach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 safer safe ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | future | Beaches | | | | | wide *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cliffs will stop eroding for good ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t8:o2:1 # text = Cliffs will stop eroding for good 1 Cliffs cliff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 eroding erode VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | future | Cliffs | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **erode** | gerund | Cliffs *not said here* | | | | | for good | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Erosion and flooding get worse ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t8:o3:1 # text = Erosion and flooding get worse 1 Erosion erosion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 flooding flooding NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | Erosion and flooding | | | | | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Storms will vanish ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t8:o4:1 # text = Storms will vanish 1 Storms storm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vanish** | future | Storms | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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