--- title: If the Sun stopped evaporating water from the oceans, what would hap… — Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mo… · tree and pragmatics description: If the Sun stopped evaporating water from the oceans, what would happen to the rivers after some time? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 ea --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Thinking like a geographer: rivers, mountains and deserts If the Sun stopped evaporating water from the oceans, what would happen to the rivers after some time? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** stop, evaporate, happen · **To what, where:** water, oceans This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t7:1 # text = If the Sun stopped evaporating water from the oceans, what would happen to the rivers after some time? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 5 evaporating evaporate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 oceans ocean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 12 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the Sun | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **evaporate** | gerund | the Sun *not said here* | water | | the oceans | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient | | 3 | **happen** | would | | | | | time | to the rivers | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They would dry up, because no new rain would fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t7:o1:1 # text = They would dry up, because no new rain would fall 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry up** | would | They | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fall** | would | no new rain | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing would change for the rivers ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t7:o2:1 # text = Nothing would change for the rivers 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | for the rivers | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They would flow faster than ever before, full of sea water ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t7:o3:1 # text = They would flow faster than ever before, full of sea water 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 flow flow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 7 before before ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flow** | would | They | | | | | before, fast *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would start flowing uphill ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:50-why-the-earth-is-so:t7:o4:1 # text = They would start flowing uphill 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 uphill uphill ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | would | They | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **flow** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | uphill *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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