Test 5 · ★ · Tsunamis
Your mate says: "Tsunamis are just big tides, the Moon makes them." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Tsunamis, Moon, you · What happens: say, be, make, put · To what, where: big tides, Tsunamis, Moon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Your mate says: "Tsunamis are just big tides, the Moon makes them."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 tides | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 tides | punct |
| 6 | Tsunamis | tsunami | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tides | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 tides | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 tides | advmod |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tides | amod |
| 10 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Moon | det |
| 13 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 makes | nsubj |
| 14 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 tides | parataxis |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 makes | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Tsunamis | big tides | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present | the Moon | Tsunamis = tsunami | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | Moon | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They're made by whales splashing about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 whales | case |
| 5 | whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| 6 | splashing | splash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 whales | acl |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 splashing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | whales | They | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | splash about | gerund | whales not said here | about property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They're usually made by undersea earthquakes, not tides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 earthquakes | case |
| 6 | undersea | undersea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 earthquakes | compound |
| 7 | earthquakes | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tides | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 tides | advmod |
| 10 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | undersea earthquakes | They | tides obl; usually property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
Option 3
They're made by strong winds, not the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 winds | case |
| 5 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 winds | amod |
| 6 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Moon | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 Moon | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Moon | det |
| 10 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | strong winds | They | the Moon obl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
Option 4
He's right, a full moon makes tsunamis
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 moon | det |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 moon | amod |
| 7 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | tsunamis | tsunami | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a full moon | tsunamis | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tsunami=Product |
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