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title: ★★★ «Spring tide». Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME s… — Just So Stories, The Crab that Played… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «Spring tide». Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME sense as in «spring tide»? Test 18 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tr
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…

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★★★ «Spring tide». Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME sense as in «spring tide»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** word · **What happens:** use · **To what, where:** SAME sense

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Spring tide».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:1
# text = ★★★ «Spring tide».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME sense as in «spring tide»?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:2
# text = Which word in English uses «spring» in the SAME sense as in «spring tide»?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	SAME	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | which word in English |  |  | the SAME sense | spring | as spring tide | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Summer» (a season)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:o1:1
# text = «Summer» (a season)
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Spring water» (a source)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:o2:1
# text = «Spring water» (a source)
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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«Spring of water from the hills» (a source)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:o3:1
# text = «Spring of water from the hills» (a source)
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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«Spring up» (jump up)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:92-justso-crab-3-the-moon-pulls-the-sea:t18:o4:1
# text = «Spring up» (jump up)
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Spring	spring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spring up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **jump up** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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