Test 7 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides
Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach." What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gran, truth · What happens: be, get · To what, where: March, spring tides, beach
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space 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: Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 March | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 March | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 March | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 March | cop |
| 6 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gran | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tides | compound |
| 13 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 beach | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 beach | det |
| 16 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Gran | March | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | future | Gran | spring tides | the beach | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tide=Theme at beach=Asset |
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 is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Spring tides are another word for floods
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tides | compound |
| 2 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 word | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 word | cop |
| 4 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 word | det |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 floods | case |
| 7 | floods | flood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 word | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Spring tides | another word | for floods | tree rules |
Option 2
She is right, spring tides come only in spring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 7 come | punct |
| 5 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tides | compound |
| 6 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 come | nsubj |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 spring | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 spring | case |
| 10 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | present | spring tides | spring | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spring tides come at every new and full Moon, all year round
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tides | compound |
| 2 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Moon | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 Moon | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Moon | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 full | cc |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 new | conj |
| 9 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 year | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 year | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| 13 | round | round | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Spring tides | every new Moon | year | round property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at moon=Location |
Option 4
Spring tides come only in March
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tides | compound |
| 2 | tides | tide | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 March | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 March | case |
| 6 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Spring tides | march | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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