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title: A cartoon shows a hero digging to the middle of the Earth and splash… — Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a hero digging to the middle of the Earth and splashing into a lava lake. What would he really find? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 4 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

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A cartoon shows a hero digging to the middle of the Earth and splashing into a lava lake. What would he really find?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, hero · **What happens:** show, dig, splash, find · **To what, where:** hero, lava lake

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» 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/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a hero digging to the middle of the Earth and splashing into a lava lake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:1
# text = A cartoon shows a hero digging to the middle of the Earth and splashing into a lava lake.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	splashing	splash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon | a hero |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hero=Recipient |
| 2 | **dig** | gerund | a hero *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the middle of the Earth | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **splash** | gerund | a hero *not said here* |  |  | a lava lake |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into lake=Destination |

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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 would he really find?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:2
# text = What would he really find?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A big lava lake, just like the cartoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:o1:1
# text = A big lava lake, just like the cartoon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A liquid metal outer core, then a solid iron and nickel ball

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:o2:1
# text = A liquid metal outer core, then a solid iron and nickel ball
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	liquid	liquid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	core	core	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	nickel	nickel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Cold rock all the way through

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:o3:1
# text = Cold rock all the way through
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	through	through	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A hollow cave with a little sun inside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t4:o4:1
# text = A hollow cave with a little sun inside
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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