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title: Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. right? — The shape and size of the Earth, the p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. right? Test 13 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Leo, South Pole · **What happens:** say, be, freeze · **To what, where:** middle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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/7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t13:1
# text = Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. 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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **is** | present | the South Pole |  |  | the middle |  | of a frozen ocean | tree rules |
| 3 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and it's the North Pole that sits on land, a big frozen continent

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, and it's the North Pole that sits on land, a big frozen continent
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	frozen	frozen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	continent	continent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | the North Pole and a big frozen continent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | present | the North Pole and a big frozen continent |  |  | land |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on land=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, both poles are frozen oceans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t13:o2:1
# text = Yes, both poles are frozen oceans
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	7	amod	_	_
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, that's the North Pole; the South Pole is on Antarctica's land

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t13:o3:1
# text = No, that's the North Pole; the South Pole is on Antarctica's land
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | the North Pole and Antarctica's land |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | the South Pole |  |  | Antarctica's land |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the South Pole is on a warm island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:7-shape-and-size-of-the-earth:t13:o4:1
# text = No, the South Pole is on a warm island
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Pole	Pole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	island	island	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** | present | the South Pole |  |  | a warm island |  |  | 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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