Test 6 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it. Why does the same wave become huge at the coast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ship, tsunami, same wave · What happens: notice, pass, become · To what, where: tsunami, ship

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» of the world 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: A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 notices	nsubj
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 out	advmod
4	out	out	ADV	_	2 ship	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 ocean	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ocean	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ocean	amod
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ship	nmod
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	10 notices	advmod
10	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tsunami	det
12	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 notices	obj
13	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 tsunami	acl
14	under	under	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 passing	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 notices	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present	a ship in the deep ocean	a tsunami				hardly property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tsunami=Stimulus
2	pass	gerund	a tsunami not said here			ship			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under it=Location

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: Why does the same wave become huge at the coast?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 become	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 become	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wave	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wave	amod
5	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	nsubj
6	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 become	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 coast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coast	det
10	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 huge	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · do-support	the same wave					huge property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

The options

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

In shallow water the wave slows down and piles up higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 water	case
2	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wave	det
5	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	nsubj
6	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 slows	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 piles	cc
9	piles	pile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 slows	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 piles	compound:prt
11	higher	high	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 piles	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present	the wave			shallow water			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	pile up	present	the wave not said here					high property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The wave turns round at the shore and doubles itself in size

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wave	det
2	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	round	round	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 shore	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shore	det
7	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 doubles	cc
9	doubles	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
10	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 doubles	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 size	case
12	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 doubles	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	present	the wave			the shore		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at shore=Trajectory
2	double	present	the wave not said here	wave		size			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient

Option 3

The water near the coast is saltier and heavier, so it rises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 saltier	nsubj
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 coast	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coast	det
5	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 water	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saltier	cop
7	saltier	salty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 heavier	cc
9	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 saltier	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rises	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 rises	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 rises	nsubj
13	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saltier	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the water near the coast	salty property	tree rules
2	be		the water near the coast not said here		tree rules
3	rise	present	water		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The wind grows stronger near the coast and pushes it higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grows	xcomp
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 coast	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 coast	det
7	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pushes	cc
9	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grows	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pushes	obj
11	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 pushes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the wind			the coast		strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near coast=Location
2	push	present	the wind not said here	wind				high property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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