--- title: Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a li… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics description: Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right. Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» of the books course of Mova's prima --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Just So Stories, The Crab that Played…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3… Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Noah, that, innit · **What happens:** pull, be, not be · **To what, where:** tides, science innit, innit This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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/92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:1 # text = Noah: «the Moon pulls the tides cos a Fisherman's up there with a line, that's science innit.» 1 Noah Noah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Fisherman Fisherman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 up up ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 science science NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** *in a quote* | present | Noah | the tides | | there | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tide=Theme | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | science innit | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* (innit = isn't it) Put it right. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:2 # text = (innit = isn't it) Put it right. 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 = = SYM SYM _ 8 punct _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ 8 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 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 . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | innit | innit *not said here* | | | | put, right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity pulling the water, and no Fisherman is needed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:o1:1 # text = The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity pulling the water, and no Fisherman is needed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 10 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 16 Fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present · do-support | the Moon | tides | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient | | 2 | **pull** | gerund | the Moon *not said here* | the water | | | | by gravity | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme | | 3 | **need** | present · passive | | no Fisherman | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The Moon does cause tides by gravity; the Fisherman with a line is only a story the Magician told ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:o2:1 # text = The Moon does cause tides by gravity; the Fisherman with a line is only a story the Magician told 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fisherman Fisherman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 only only ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Magician Magician PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present · do-support | the Moon | tides | | | | by gravity | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | present | the Fisherman with a line | a story | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Magician | a story *not said here* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity, not a Fisherman ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:o3:1 # text = The Moon does cause tides, but by gravity, not a Fisherman 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 tides tide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 gravity gravity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present · do-support | the Moon | tides | | | | by gravity and a Fisherman | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tide=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The Sea pulls the Moon, not the Moon the Sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t1:o4:1 # text = The Sea pulls the Moon, not the Moon the Sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pulls pull VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | present | the Sea | the Moon | | | | the Moon and the Sea *obl* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent moon=Result | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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