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title: In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach. Wh… — Tsunamis · tree and pragmatics
description: In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach. What's wrong with it? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» 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 right.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Tsunamis

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In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach. What's wrong with it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** surfer · **What happens:** ride, be · **To what, where:** giant curling tsunami, film

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» 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/45-tsunamis/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:1
# text = In a film, a surfer rides a giant curling tsunami into the beach.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	surfer	surfer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	curling	curling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | a surfer | a giant curling tsunami |  | a film |  | into the beach | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tsunami=Theme into beach=Trajectory |

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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 with it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:2
# text = What's wrong with it?
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	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, that is exactly what tsunamis look like, a giant curling wave you can ride

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, that is exactly what tsunamis look like, a giant curling wave you can ride
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	1	conj	_	_
7	tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	curling	curling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that |  |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | tsunamis |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ride** | can | you | a giant curling wave *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tsunamis are always far too small to ride, just a ripple on the beach

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:o2:1
# text = Tsunamis are always far too small to ride, just a ripple on the beach
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ripple	ripple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tsunamis |  |  |  |  | far, small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | to-infinitive | Tsunamis *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A tsunami is more like the whole sea rising and rushing inland than a surfing wave

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:o3:1
# text = A tsunami is more like the whole sea rising and rushing inland than a surfing wave
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
12	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	surfing	surfing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present · progressive | a tsunami |  |  |  |  | like the whole sea | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rush** | gerund | a tsunami *not said here* |  |  |  |  | inland *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tsunamis only happen in rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t1:o4:1
# text = Tsunamis only happen in rivers
1	Tsunamis	tsunami	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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