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title: a video said Antarctica is just a big frozen ocean like the Arctic.… — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics
description: a video said Antarctica is just a big frozen ocean like the Arctic. true? Test 13 · ★★ 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 13 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a video said Antarctica is just a big frozen ocean like the Arctic. true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** video, Antarctica · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** big frozen ocean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t13:1
# text = a video said Antarctica is just a big frozen ocean like the Arctic. true?
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	frozen	frozen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
15	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a video |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Antarctica | a big frozen ocean |  |  |  | like the Arctic | tree rules |

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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, Antarctica is land covered by a thick ice sheet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t13:o1:1
# text = No, Antarctica is land covered by a thick ice sheet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Antarctica land |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | Antarctica land *not said here* |  |  |  | by a thick ice sheet | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, both poles are frozen oceans with no land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, both poles are frozen oceans with no land
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | present · passive |  | both poles |  |  |  | with no land | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but the Antarctic ice is thicker than the Arctic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t13:o3:1
# text = Yes, but the Antarctic ice is thicker than the Arctic
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	thicker	thick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Antarctic ice |  |  |  |  | than the Arctic; thick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Antarctica is land with almost no ice on it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t13:o4:1
# text = No, Antarctica is land with almost no ice on it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Antarctica land |  |  |  | with no ice on ice | 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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