--- title: If the mantle stopped flowing, what would happen to the plates? — Volcanoes and earthquakes up close · tree and pragmatics description: If the mantle stopped flowing, what would happen to the plates? Test 7 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/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/) / [Volcanoes and earthquakes up close](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close If the mantle stopped flowing, what would happen to the plates? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mantle · **What happens:** stop, flow, happen This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t7:1 # text = If the mantle stopped flowing, what would happen to the plates? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 plates plate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | past | the mantle | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **flow** | gerund | the mantle *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the plates | 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 {#o1} They would sink into the hot core at once and melt away ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t7:o1:1 # text = They would sink into the hot core at once and melt away 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 sink sink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 core core NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | would | They | | | the hot core | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **melt away** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They would float up into space ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t7:o2:1 # text = They would float up into space 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 float float VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **float up** | would | They | | | space | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into space=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They would stop moving, so mountains would stop rising ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t7:o3:1 # text = They would stop moving, so mountains would stop rising 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 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 rising rise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | They | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **move** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | would | mountains | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **rise** | gerund | mountains *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They would move faster than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t7:o4:1 # text = They would move faster than before 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 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 than than ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 before before ADV RB _ 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | would | They | | | | | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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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