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description: In a film, quicksand closes over the hero's hat and he's gone. What's the true version? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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 6 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

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In a film, quicksand closes over the hero's hat and he's gone. What's the true version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** quicksand, true version · **What happens:** close, be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» of the myths 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/myths/16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, quicksand closes over the hero's hat and he's gone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:1
# text = In a film, quicksand closes over the hero's hat and he's gone.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	quicksand	quicksand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | quicksand |  |  |  |  | over the hero's hat; in a film | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in film=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | quicksand |  |  |  |  | gone *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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's the true version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:2
# text = What's the true version?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the true version |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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People float in quicksand, so it can't pull you under

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:o1:1
# text = People float in quicksand, so it can't pull you under
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	quicksand	quicksand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | People |  |  | quicksand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in quicksand=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **pull under** | can | quicksand | you |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent you=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Quicksand works like a whirlpool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:o2:1
# text = Quicksand works like a whirlpool
1	Quicksand	quicksand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	whirlpool	whirlpool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Quicksand |  |  |  |  | like a whirlpool | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Quicksand really does swallow people whole within seconds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:o3:1
# text = Quicksand really does swallow people whole within seconds
1	Quicksand	quicksand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	swallow	swallow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	seconds	second	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | present · do-support | Quicksand | people |  |  | second | whole *property* | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only heavy people sink all the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:16-water-deserts-and-the-shape-of-the-land:t6:o4:1
# text = Only heavy people sink all the way
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | present | heavy people | all way |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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