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title: All the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean melts one summer. What happ… — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics
description: All the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean melts one summer. What happens to the sea level? Test 3 · ★★ 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 3 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

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All the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean melts one summer. What happens to the sea level?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** floating ice · **What happens:** float, melt, happen · **To what, where:** Arctic Ocean

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* All the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean melts one summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:1
# text = All the floating ice in the Arctic Ocean melts one summer.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	melts	melt	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | present | all floating ice |  |  | the Arctic Ocean | summer |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happens to the sea level?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:2
# text = What happens to the sea level?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the sea level | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It falls by many metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:o1:1
# text = It falls by many metres
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | It |  |  |  |  | by many metres | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by metre=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It hardly changes, because the ice was already floating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:o2:1
# text = It hardly changes, because the ice was already floating
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	already	already	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	floating	float	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | It |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **float** | past · progressive | the ice |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It rises by many metres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:o3:1
# text = It rises by many metres
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | It |  |  |  |  | by many metres | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by metre=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The oceans overflow onto every continent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t3:o4:1
# text = The oceans overflow onto every continent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	overflow	overflow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overflow** | present | the oceans |  |  | every continent |  |  | tree rules |

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