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title: big long quake at the beach, it's stopped now. what next — Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thor… · tree and pragmatics
description: big long quake at the beach, it's stopped now. what next Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
big long quake at the beach, it's stopped now. what next

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** stop · **To what, where:** big long quake

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday 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/everyday/301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t9:1
# text = big long quake at the beach, it's stopped now. what next
1	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quake	quake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obl:agent	_	_
14	next	next	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present · passive |  | big long quake at the beach |  |  | now |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Walk out to see where the water went and look for shells

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t9:o1:1
# text = Walk out to see where the water went and look for shells
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **go** | past | the water |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for shells | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay on the beach to watch the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t9:o2:1
# text = Stay on the beach to watch the sea
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the beach |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on beach=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go to high ground or inland straight away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t9:o3:1
# text = Go to high ground or inland straight away
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | high ground |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to ground=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go home and wait for news

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:301-tsunamis-lambs-plants-ants-and-stings:t9:o4:1
# text = Go home and wait for news
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for news | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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