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title: my cousin says most of the earth's water is fresh water we can drink… — Rivers, lakes and the sea up close · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says most of the earth's water is fresh water we can drink. true? Test 11 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my cousin says most of the earth's water is fresh water we can drink. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, water, we · **What happens:** say, be, drink · **To what, where:** most, fresh water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea 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/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t11:1
# text = my cousin says most of the earth's water is fresh water we can drink. true?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
17	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin | most |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent most=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | water |  |  |  |  | of the earth's fresh water | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** | can | we | the earth's fresh water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, most of it is frozen in the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t11:o1:1
# text = No, most of it is frozen in the clouds
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | most of it |  | the clouds |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, most water on Earth is in rivers and lakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t11:o2:1
# text = Yes, most water on Earth is in rivers and lakes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	lakes	lake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | most water on Earth |  |  | rivers and lakes |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, rain makes most of the water on Earth fresh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t11:o3:1
# text = Yes, rain makes most of the water on Earth fresh
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | rain | most of the water on Earth |  |  |  | fresh *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset most=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, about 97 parts in 100 are salty sea water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t11:o4:1
# text = No, about 97 parts in 100 are salty sea water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	97	97	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 97 parts in 100 | salty sea water |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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