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title: In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:1… — Earthquakes · tree and pragmatics
description: In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:15 on Tuesday." What's wrong? Test 4 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · Earthquakes

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In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:15 on Tuesday." What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientist, earthquake · **What happens:** say, hit, be · **To what, where:** disaster film · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» 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/44-earthquakes/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:15 on Tuesday."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:1
# text = In a disaster film a scientist says: "The earthquake will hit at 3:15 on Tuesday."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	3:15	3:15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a scientist |  |  | a disaster film |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hit** *in a quote* | future | the earthquake |  |  |  | tuesday | at 3:15 | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at 3:15=Patient |

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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:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, that is exactly how real warnings work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:o1:1
# text = Nothing, that is exactly how real warnings work
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | work *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Earthquakes only happen at night, never in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:o2:1
# text = Earthquakes only happen at night, never in the afternoon
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **happen** | present | Earthquakes |  |  |  | afternoon; night |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Scientists can predict them to the second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:o3:1
# text = Scientists can predict them to the second
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | can | Scientists | them *= they* |  |  |  | to the second | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Topic |

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

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Nobody can predict the exact time of an earthquake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t4:o4:1
# text = Nobody can predict the exact time of an earthquake
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	predict	predict	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **predict** | can | Nobody |  |  |  | time |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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