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# Test 9 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…

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Ruby from Manchester: «our kid says putting your hand in the bath makes the tide.» (our kid = my brother) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, putting, kid · **What happens:** say, put, make · **To what, where:** hand, bath, tide · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby from Manchester: «our kid says putting your hand in the bath makes the tide.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:1
# text = Ruby from Manchester: «our kid says putting your hand in the bath makes the tide.»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	putting	put	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Ruby from Manchester |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | gerund |  | your hand |  | the bath |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in bath=Destination |
| 3 | **make** *in a quote* | present | putting | the tide |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tide=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (our kid = my brother) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:2
# text = (our kid = my brother) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	6	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
8	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | our kid | tide |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Tides come from wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:o1:1
# text = Tides come from wind
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Tides |  |  | wind |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from wind=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sea is moved by fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:o2:1
# text = The sea is moved by fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present · passive | fish | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A hand raises bath water, but tides come from the Moon's pull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:o3:1
# text = A hand raises bath water, but tides come from the Moon's pull
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raises	raise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | present | a hand | bath water |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | tides |  |  | the Moon's pull |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from pull=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **pull** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A hand moves bath water, but tides come from the wind's push

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:91-justso-crab-2-pau-amma-loses-his-shell:t9:o4:1
# text = A hand moves bath water, but tides come from the wind's push
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	push	push	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | a hand | bath water |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | tides |  |  | the wind's push |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from push=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **push** |  | the wind |  |  |  |  |  | nom push «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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