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title: why do so many farms sit right next to volcanoes, isnt that dumb — Volcanoes and earthquakes up close · tree and pragmatics
description: why do so many farms sit right next to volcanoes, isnt that dumb Test 10 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» 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.
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# Test 10 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

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why do so many farms sit right next to volcanoes, isnt that dumb

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** many farms · **What happens:** do, sit · **To what, where:** isnt

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» 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/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t10:1
# text = why do so many farms sit right next to volcanoes, isnt that dumb
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	farms	farm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	next	next	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	isnt	isnt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | many farms *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sit** | present | many farms | isnt |  |  |  | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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Lava scares away the insects and pests that eat the crops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t10:o1:1
# text = Lava scares away the insects and pests that eat the crops
1	Lava	lava	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scares	scare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	insects	insect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pests	pest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare away** | present | Lava | the insects and pests |  |  |  | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus insect=Experiencer |
| 2 | **eat** | present | the insects and pests | the crops |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Volcanoes bring extra rain to all the fields nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t10:o2:1
# text = Volcanoes bring extra rain to all the fields nearby
1	Volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Volcanoes | extra rain |  | all fields |  | nearby *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rain=Theme to field=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Volcanoes keep the fields warm all through the cold winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t10:o3:1
# text = Volcanoes keep the fields warm all through the cold winter
1	Volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	warm	warm	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Volcanoes |  |  |  | winter |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **warm** | present | the fields |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Volcanic ash breaks down into very rich, fertile soil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t10:o4:1
# text = Volcanic ash breaks down into very rich, fertile soil
1	Volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	fertile	fertile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break down** | present | Volcanic ash |  |  |  |  | into rich fertile soil *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into soil=Result |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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