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title: A mountain has no record of ever erupting and its crater is worn awa… — Volcanoes and earthquakes up close · tree and pragmatics
description: A mountain has no record of ever erupting and its crater is worn away and covered by forest. Which word fits it best? Test 9 · ★ 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;
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# Test 9 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

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A mountain has no record of ever erupting and its crater is worn away and covered by forest. Which word fits it best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mountain, record, word · **What happens:** have, erupt, wear away, cover, fit · **To what, where:** record, crater

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A mountain has no record of ever erupting and its crater is worn away and covered by forest.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:1
# text = A mountain has no record of ever erupting and its crater is worn away and covered by forest.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	_
8	erupting	erupt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	crater	crater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a mountain | no record |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Patient |
| 2 | **erupt** | gerund | no record *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **wear away** | present · passive |  | mountain's crater |  |  |  | away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 4 | **cover** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by forest | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which word fits it best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:2
# text = Which word fits it best?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | which word | record |  |  |  | well *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Erupting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:o1:1
# text = Erupting
1	Erupting	erupt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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About to erupt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:o2:1
# text = About to erupt
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	erupt	erupt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Active

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:o3:1
# text = Active
1	Active	active	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Extinct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t9:o4:1
# text = Extinct
1	Extinct	extinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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