--- title: my brother says mountains just popped up quickly ages ago. true? — Mountains, rivers and seas, and how th… · tree and pragmatics description: my brother says mountains just popped up quickly ages ago. true? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 43 «Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/43-landforms/t12/) [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/) / [Mountains, rivers and seas, and how th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/43-landforms/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped my brother says mountains just popped up quickly ages ago. true? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, mountains · **What happens:** say, pop up · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 43 «Mountains, rivers and seas, and how the land is shaped» 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/43-landforms/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t12:1 # text = my brother says mountains just popped up quickly ages ago. 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 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 ago ago ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 12 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **pop up** | past | mountains | | | | | ago, quickly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} No, they are slowly sinking into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t12:o1:1 # text = No, they are slowly sinking into the sea 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sinking sink VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | present · progressive | they | | | the sea | | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, volcanoes made all of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, volcanoes made all of them 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 volcanoes volcano NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | volcanoes | all | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset all=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, they popped up in one day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, they popped up in one day 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pop up** | past | they | | | | day | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, they rise slowly as plates push together for millions of years ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:43-landforms:t12:o4:1 # text = No, they rise slowly as plates push together for millions of years 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 push push VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 millions million NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | present | they | | | | | slowly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **push together** | present | plates | | | | | for millions of years; together *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | **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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