--- title: A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends thr… — Sounds wrong, but is right · tree and pragmatics description: A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends three metres during each day and descends two metres during each night. Ascertain the day on which it emerges from the well. Exam question 2 of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/e2/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Sounds wrong, but is right](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Sounds wrong, but is right A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends three metres during each day and descends two metres during each night. Ascertain the day on which it emerges from the well. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** snail, you · **What happens:** situate, ascend, descend, ascertain, emerge · **To what, where:** snail, bottom, three metres, two metres, well This is exam question 2 of lesson 182 «Sounds wrong, but is right» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends three metres during each day and descends two metres during each night. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:1 # text = A snail situated at the bottom of a well ten metres deep ascends three metres during each day and descends two metres during each night. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 snail snail NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 13 ascends ascend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 during during ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 descends descend VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 metres metre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 during during ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **situate** | participle | | a snail *not said here* | | the bottom | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at bottom=Destination | | 2 | **ascend** | present | a snail | three metres | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme metre=Trajectory | | 3 | **descend** | present | a snail *not said here* | two metres | | | night | | vn meander-47.7-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location metre=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the day on which it emerges from the well. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the day on which it emerges from the well. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 emerges emerge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | day | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **emerge** | present | snail | | | the well | on the day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on which=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The eighth day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:o1:1 # text = The eighth day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The seventh day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:o2:1 # text = The seventh day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The tenth day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:o3:1 # text = The tenth day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tenth tenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The fifth day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:182-sounds-wrong-but-is-right:e2:o4:1 # text = The fifth day 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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