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title: "crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that eve… — Earthquakes · tree and pragmatics
description: "crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that even possible in England?" Test 6 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 6 · Earthquakes

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"crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that even possible in England?"

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crap · **What happens:** shake, be · **To what, where:** Lincolnshire, England

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t6:1
# text = "crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that even possible in England?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shake** *in a quote* | past | crap and the house |  |  | Lincolnshire | night |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lincolnshire=Location |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  | England |  | possible *property* | tree rules |

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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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No, it must have been a lorry, England has never had one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t6:o1:1
# text = No, it must have been a lorry, England has never had one
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must · perfect | it | a lorry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present · perfect |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, earthquakes only happen in hot countries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t6:o2:1
# text = No, earthquakes only happen in hot countries
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | earthquakes |  |  | hot countries |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Britain has small earthquakes and a few are felt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, Britain has small earthquakes and a few are felt
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Britain | small earthquakes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present · passive |  | a few |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only if there is a volcano somewhere near you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, but only if there is a volcano somewhere near you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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

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