Test 3 · ★ · Tsunamis

"sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!" What should they do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sea, fish, you, 's · What happens: go out, flap, let, go, do · To what, where: 's, some

This is test 3 · ★ 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: "sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 let	advcl
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 went	compound:prt
5	like	like	ADP	_	6 miles	case
6	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 loads	punct
8	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 miles	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 fish	case
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 loads	nmod
11	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fish	acl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
13	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp
16	grab	grab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 some	amod
17	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 go	obl
18	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go out in a quote	past	sea		like miles and loads of fish	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flap in a quote	gerund	fish not said here			vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	's		tree rules
4	go in a quote	infinitive	's not said here	some		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 should they do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	fish						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the sea won't come back for days, so take your time

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	nsubj
5	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 come	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 days	case
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 take	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 take	advmod
13	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 come	conj
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 time	nmod:poss
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not come back	future	the sea				day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	infinitive	the sea not said here				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No! Run to high ground now, a tsunami may be coming

Sentence 1: No!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Run to high ground now, a tsunami may be coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ground	amod
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Run	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 coming	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tsunami	det
8	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 coming	nsubj
9	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 coming	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 coming	aux
11	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here				now	to high ground result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result
2	come	may · progressive	a tsunami						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but only for ten minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 minutes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 minutes	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 minutes	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 minutes	case
6	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 minutes	nummod
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, it's safe until the next high tide comes in tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 safe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 safe	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	cop
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 comes	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tide	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tide	amod
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tide	amod
10	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safe	advcl
12	in	in	ADV	_	11 comes	advmod
13	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 safe	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				tonight	safe property	tree rules
2	come in	present	the next high tide						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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