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title: A raindrop falls into a river. What could happen to it next? — The water cycle · tree and pragmatics
description: A raindrop falls into a river. What could happen to it next? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «The water cycle» of the world 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 1 · ★ · The water cycle

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A raindrop falls into a river. What could happen to it next?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** raindrop · **What happens:** fall, happen · **To what, where:** river

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «The water cycle» of the world 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/world/14-the-water-cycle/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A raindrop falls into a river.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:1
# text = A raindrop falls into a river.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	raindrop	raindrop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a raindrop |  |  |  |  | into a river *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into river=Result |

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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 could happen to it next?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:2
# text = What could happen to it next?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	next	next	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | could |  |  | river |  |  | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It stays in that river for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:o1:1
# text = It stays in that river for ever
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | It |  |  | that river |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in river=Location |

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

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It flows to the sea, evaporates and falls as rain again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:o2:1
# text = It flows to the sea, evaporates and falls as rain again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flows	flow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to the sea | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **evaporate** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | present |  |  |  |  | again | as rain | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It slowly turns into salt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:o3:1
# text = It slowly turns into salt
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | It |  |  | salt |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into salt=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It vanishes, and brand new water is made somewhere else instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t1:o4:1
# text = It vanishes, and brand new water is made somewhere else instead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	brand	brand	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
11	else	else	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | present | It |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | new water |  |  |  | somewhere *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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