--- title: What heats the water that shoots out of Yellowstone's geysers? — The United States · tree and pragmatics description: What heats the water that shoots out of Yellowstone's geysers? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» 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/9-the-united-states/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/) / [The United States](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/9-the-united-states/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · The United States What heats the water that shoots out of Yellowstone's geysers? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** water · **What happens:** heat, shoot · **To what, where:** water, geysers This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The United States» 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/9-the-united-states/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t8:1 # text = What heats the water that shoots out of Yellowstone's geysers? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 heats heat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shoots shoot VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Yellowstone Yellowstone PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 geysers geyser NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat** | present | | the water | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument water=Patient | | 2 | **shoot** | present | the water | | | Yellowstone's geysers | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent out geyser=Destination | 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} Hot springs that flow in from the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t8:o1:1 # text = Hot springs that flow in from the sea 1 Hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 flow flow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | present | Hot springs | | | the sea | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Burning coal under the park ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t8:o2:1 # text = Burning coal under the park 1 Burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | coal | | the park | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coal=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sunshine on the lakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t8:o3:1 # text = The sunshine on the lakes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sunshine sunshine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 lakes lake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Hot rock above a volcanic hotspot ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:9-the-united-states:t8:o4:1 # text = Hot rock above a volcanic hotspot 1 Hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 above above ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 volcanic volcanic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hotspot hotspot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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