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title: Leo says if the arctic sea ice melts the sea'll rise loads. right? — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says if the arctic sea ice melts the sea'll rise loads. right? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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 12 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leo says if the arctic sea ice melts the sea'll rise loads. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, arctic sea ice, sea · **What happens:** say, melt, rise · **To what, where:** loads · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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/65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t12:1
# text = Leo says if the arctic sea ice melts the sea'll rise loads. right?
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
13	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
15	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leo |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **melt** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the arctic sea ice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rise** | future | the sea | loads |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, melting floating sea ice hardly changes the sea level

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t12:o1:1
# text = No, melting floating sea ice hardly changes the sea level
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
4	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | gerund | floating sea ice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **change** | present | floating sea ice | the sea level |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent level=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only the ice near the North Pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, but only the ice near the North Pole
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, any melting ice at all raises the level of the sea by a lot

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t12:o3:1
# text = Yes, any melting ice at all raises the level of the sea by a lot
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	melting	melting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | any melting ice at all | the level of the sea |  |  |  | by a lot | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent level=Theme by lot=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, melting sea ice makes the sea level fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t12:o4:1
# text = No, melting sea ice makes the sea level fall
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | melting sea ice | the level fall |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fall=Product |

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