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title: Why do people near the coast in New Zealand say long or strong, get… — Weather emergencies · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do people near the coast in New Zealand say long or strong, get gone? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Weather emergencies

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Why do people near the coast in New Zealand say long or strong, get gone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** say, go · **To what, where:** long · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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/48-weather-emergencies/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t6:1
# text = Why do people near the coast in New Zealand say long or strong, get gone?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
15	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | people near the coast in New Zealand | long |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent long=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V» |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strong quakes make the tide go out for a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t6:o1:1
# text = Strong quakes make the tide go out for a week
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	quakes	quake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	out	out	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Strong quakes | the tide |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | infinitive | the tide *not said here* |  |  |  | week | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Long quakes break up all the roads near the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t6:o2:1
# text = Long quakes break up all the roads near the sea
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	quakes	quake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break up** | present | Long quakes | all roads |  | the sea |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sea gets far too cold after an earthquake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t6:o3:1
# text = The sea gets far too cold after an earthquake
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the sea |  |  |  | after a earthquake | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long or strong quake may cause a tsunami

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:48-weather-emergencies:t6:o4:1
# text = A long or strong quake may cause a tsunami
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	quake	quake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | a long quake | a tsunami |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tsunami=Patient |

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