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title: Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone? — Earthquakes · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone? Test 9 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 9 · Earthquakes

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Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lisbon · **What happens:** suffer · **To what, where:** more

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t9:1
# text = Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1755	1755	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	suffer	suffer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	obj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shaking	shaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suffer** | present | Lisbon in 1755 | more |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |

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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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The city had no buildings at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t9:o1:1
# text = The city had no buildings at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the city | no buildings |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A tsunami and fires followed the earthquake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t9:o2:1
# text = A tsunami and fires followed the earthquake
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fires	fire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | a tsunami and fires | the earthquake |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The quake lasted for a whole year without stopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t9:o3:1
# text = The quake lasted for a whole year without stopping
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quake	quake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the quake |  |  |  | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund | the quake *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A volcano erupted right under the city centre

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:44-earthquakes:t9:o4:1
# text = A volcano erupted right under the city centre
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	erupted	erupt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | participle |  | a volcano *not said here* |  | the city centre |  | right *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under centre=Location |

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