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title: my brother says we'll run out of water one day cos it all gets used… — The water cycle · tree and pragmatics
description: my brother says we'll run out of water one day cos it all gets used up. true? Test 12 · ★ 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 12 · ★ · The water cycle

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my brother says we'll run out of water one day cos it all gets used up. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, we · **What happens:** say, run, use up · **To what, where:** water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t12:1
# text = my brother says we'll run out of water one day cos it all gets used up. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	gets	get	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **run** | future | we |  |  | water | day |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory |
| 3 | **use up** | present · passive |  | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, the Earth makes new water every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t12:o1:1
# text = No, the Earth makes new water every day
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the Earth | new water |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, every glass we drink is gone for ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, every glass we drink is gone for ever
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | present | we | every glass *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | every glass |  |  |  |  | go *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No, the water on Earth keeps moving round and stays about the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t12:o3:1
# text = No, the water on Earth keeps moving round and stays about the same
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	_
9	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the water on Earth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | gerund | the water on Earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | present | the water on Earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about the same | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about same=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, the Sun burns some water away every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:14-the-water-cycle:t12:o4:1
# text = Yes, the Sun burns some water away every year
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn away** | present | the Sun | some water |  |  | year | away *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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