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title: If the ice sheet of Greenland, which lies on land, melted, what woul… — Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands · tree and pragmatics
description: If the ice sheet of Greenland, which lies on land, melted, what would happen? Test 4 · ★★ 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 4 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

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If the ice sheet of Greenland, which lies on land, melted, what would happen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Greenland · **What happens:** lie, melt, happen · **To what, where:** land

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t4:1
# text = If the ice sheet of Greenland, which lies on land, melted, what would happen?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sheet	sheet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	parataxis	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Greenland	Greenland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | Greenland |  |  | land |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on land=Location |
| 2 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The sea would turn into fresh water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t4:o1:1
# text = The sea would turn into fresh water
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | would | the sea |  |  | fresh water |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into water=Trajectory |

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

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The sea would rise and flood low coasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t4:o2:1
# text = The sea would rise and flood low coasts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	rise	rise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	flood	flood	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	coasts	coast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | would | the sea |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flood** | infinitive | the sea *not said here* | low coasts |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent coast=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, because the ice already floats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, because the ice already floats
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | the ice |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sea would sink lower

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:65-glaciers-ice-ages-polar-lands:t4:o4:1
# text = The sea would sink lower
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | would | the sea |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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