Test 1 · ★ · Tsunamis

In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach. What's wrong with it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: surfer · What happens: ride, be · To what, where: giant curling tsunami, film

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» of the geography 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: In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rides	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 surfer	det
6	surfer	surfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rides	nsubj
7	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tsunami	det
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tsunami	amod
10	curling	curling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tsunami	compound
11	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rides	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 beach	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 beach	det
14	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rides	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 rides	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	a surfer	a giant curling tsunami		a film		into the beach	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tsunami=Theme into beach=Trajectory

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: What's wrong with it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with beach; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Nothing, that is exactly what tsunamis look like, a giant curling wave you can ride

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 what	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 what	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Nothing	conj
7	tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 look	nsubj
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl
9	like	like	ADP	_	8 look	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wave	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 wave	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wave	amod
13	curling	curling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wave	compound
14	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 ride	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 ride	aux
17	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wave	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that		exactly property	tree rules
2	look	present	tsunamis			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	ride	can	you	a giant curling wave not said here		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme

Option 2

Tsunamis are always far too small to ride, just a ripple on the beach

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 small	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 small	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 far	advmod
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 small	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 small	advmod
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ride	mark
8	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 small	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ripple	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 ripple	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ripple	det
12	ripple	ripple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 small	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 beach	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 beach	det
15	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ripple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tsunamis					far, small property	tree rules
2	ride	to-infinitive	Tsunamis not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A tsunami is more like the whole sea rising and rushing inland than a surfing wave

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rising	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rising	aux
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 rising	advmod
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sea	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rising	obl
9	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rushing	cc
11	rushing	rush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 rising	conj
12	inland	inland	ADV	_	11 rushing	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	16 wave	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wave	det
15	surfing	surfing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wave	compound
16	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 inland	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present · progressive	a tsunami					like the whole sea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	rush	gerund	a tsunami not said here					inland property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Tsunamis only happen in rivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happen	advmod
3	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 rivers	case
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	Tsunamis			rivers			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in river=Location

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