Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, that, innit · What happens: pull, be, not be · To what, where: tides, science innit, innit

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 pulls	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 pulls	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	nsubj
6	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tides	det
8	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pulls	obj
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 there	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 Fisherman	det
11	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 there	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Fisherman	case
13	up	up	ADV	_	14 there	advmod
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 pulls	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 line	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 line	det
17	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 there	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 innit	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 innit	cop
21	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 innit	compound
22	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pulls	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pulls	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 pulls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull in a quote	present	Noah	the tides		there			vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tide=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	that	science innit					tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct
2	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	8 Put	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Put	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 Put	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	nsubj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 it	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 innit	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	innit	innit not said here				put, right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity pulling the water, and no Fisherman is needed

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pulling	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 pulling	cc
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 gravity	case
9	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pulling	obl
10	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cause	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pulling	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 needed	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 needed	cc
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 Fisherman	det
16	Fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 needed	nsubj:pass
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 needed	aux:pass
18	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cause	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	present · do-support	the Moon	tides		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient
2	pull	gerund	the Moon not said here	the water	by gravity	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
3	need	present · passive		no Fisherman		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Moon does cause tides by gravity; the Fisherman with a line is only a story the Magician told

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 gravity	case
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 story	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fisherman	det
10	Fisherman	Fisherman	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 story	nsubj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 line	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 line	det
13	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Fisherman	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 story	cop
15	only	only	ADV	_	17 story	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 story	det
17	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	parataxis
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Magician	det
19	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 told	nsubj
20	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 story	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	present · do-support	the Moon	tides	by gravity	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient
2	is a	present	the Fisherman with a line	a story		tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	the Magician	a story not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity, not a Fisherman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cause	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cause	aux
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	tides	tide	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gravity	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 gravity	cc
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 gravity	case
9	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Fisherman	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 Fisherman	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 Fisherman	det
13	Fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gravity	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present · do-support	the Moon	tides				by gravity and a Fisherman	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient

Option 4

The Sea pulls the Moon, not the Moon the Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sea	det
2	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	nsubj
3	pulls	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Moon	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 Moon	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pulls	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sea	det
11	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Moon	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	present	the Sea	the Moon				the Moon and the Sea obl	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent moon=Result

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