--- title: Liam reckons the sea is salty cos fish make the salt. right? — Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… · tree and pragmatics description: Liam reckons the sea is salty cos fish make the salt. right? Test 13 · ★★★ 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 right. --- [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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★★ · Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts Liam reckons the sea is salty cos fish make the salt. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Liam, salty cos fish · **What happens:** reckon, be · **To what, where:** sea This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts» 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/50-why-the-earth-is-so/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t13:1 # text = Liam reckons the sea is salty cos fish make the salt. right? 1 Liam Liam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 6 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 cos cos NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 13 right right ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Liam | the sea | | | | right *property* | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sea=Attribute | | 2 | **is** | present | salty cos fish | | | | | make *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} No, water evaporates and the salt carried in stays behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t13:o1:1 # text = No, water evaporates and the salt carried in stays behind 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 behind behind ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **evaporate** | present | water | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **carry in** | participle | | the salt *not said here* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stay** | present | the salt | | | | | behind *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, sailors poured salt in ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t13:o2:1 # text = Yes, sailors poured salt in 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 sailors sailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 poured pour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pour** | past | sailors | salt | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salt=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, the sea is salty because it is cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t13:o3:1 # text = No, the sea is salty because it is cold 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 salty salty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sea | | | | | salty *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | sea | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, fish give out salt ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, fish give out salt 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give out** | present | fish | salt | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent salt=Theme | **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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