Test 7 · ★ · Tsunamis

Why is a pressure gauge on the sea floor useful?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: pressure gauge, sea floor

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 gauge	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gauge	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gauge	det
4	pressure	pressure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gauge	compound
5	gauge	gauge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gauge	nmod
10	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 floor	amod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gauge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a pressure gauge		the sea floor			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It notices the extra water of a passing tsunami and sends a warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 notices	nsubj
2	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 water	det
4	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 notices	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 tsunami	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tsunami	det
8	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 tsunami	amod
9	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sends	cc
11	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 notices	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 warning	det
13	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sends	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	notice	present	It	the extra water of a passing tsunami	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus
2	pass	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	send	present		a warning	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme

Option 2

It measures how salty the sea is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 measures	nsubj
2	measures	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 salty	advmod
4	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 measures	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 salty	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 salty	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	present	It						vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the sea					salty property	tree rules

Option 3

It tells sailors when it is high tide so they can get into harbour safely

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tells	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 tide	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tide	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tide	cop
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tide	amod
8	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tells	advcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 harbour	case
14	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
15	safely	safely	ADV	_	12 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It	sailors			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sailor=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	high tide			tree rules
3	get	can	sailors = sailor		harbour	safely property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into harbour=Destination

Option 4

It stops the tsunami from moving any further

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tsunami	det
4	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 moving	mark
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stops	advcl
7	any	any	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod
8	further	further	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It	the tsunami					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality tsunami=Eventuality
2	move	gerund						any, further property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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