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description: My cousin swears the toilet flushes backwards in Australia cos of the Earth spinning. True? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

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My cousin swears the toilet flushes backwards in Australia cos of the Earth spinning. True?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, toilet · **What happens:** swear, flush, spin · **To what, where:** Australia cos

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» of the geography 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/geography/22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* My cousin swears the toilet flushes backwards in Australia cos of the Earth spinning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:1
# text = My cousin swears the toilet flushes backwards in Australia cos of the Earth spinning.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swears	swear	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	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	flushes	flush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Australia	Australia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cos	cos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swear** | present | My cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **flush** | present | the toilet |  |  | Australia cos of the Earth |  | backwards *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **spin** | gerund | the toilet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* True?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:2
# text = True?
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, but only at night, when the Earth spins faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, but only at night, when the Earth spins faster
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | the Earth |  |  |  | night | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, because Australian toilets do not use water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:o2:1
# text = No, because Australian toilets do not use water
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	toilets	toilet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | Australian toilets | water |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |

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

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No, the Coriolis effect is far too weak for a toilet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:o3:1
# text = No, the Coriolis effect is far too weak for a toilet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Coriolis	Coriolis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	too	too	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Coriolis effect |  |  |  |  | for a toilet; far, weak *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, everything drains the other way round down there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:22-winds-monsoons-and-ocean-currents:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, everything drains the other way round down there
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drains	drain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drain** | present | everything | the other way |  | there |  | round *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent way=Source |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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