--- title: Identify the principal reason for which the sea does not overflow. — Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which the sea does not overflow. Exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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 righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/e1/) [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/) / [Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/50-why-the-earth-is-so/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts Identify the principal reason for which the sea does not overflow. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sea · **What happens:** identify, not overflow · **To what, where:** principal reason This is exam question 1 of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which the sea does not overflow. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 overflow overflow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **not** **overflow** | present · do-support | the sea | | | | | for the principal reason | tree rules | 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} The rivers flow away from the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:e1:o1:1 # text = The rivers flow away from the sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flow flow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow away** | present | the rivers | | | the sea | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Moon draws the excess into space ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:e1:o2:1 # text = The Moon draws the excess into space 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | present | the Moon | the excess | | | | into space *result* | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent excess=Patient into space=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sea floor absorbs all river water like a great sponge ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:e1:o3:1 # text = The sea floor absorbs all river water like a great sponge 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 absorbs absorb VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sponge sponge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absorb** | present | the sea floor | all river water | | | | like a great sponge | vn absorb-39.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Goal water=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} As much water evaporates from it as rivers pour in ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:e1:o4:1 # text = As much water evaporates from it as rivers pour in 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 evaporates evaporate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pour pour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evaporate** | present | much water | | | it | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **pour in** | present | rivers | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | **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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