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title: "sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some… — Tsunamis · tree and pragmatics
description: "sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!" What should they do? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Tsunamis

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"sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!" What should they do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sea, fish, you, 's · **What happens:** go out, flap, let, go, do · **To what, where:** 's, some

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:1
# text = "sea went out like miles, loads of fish flapping, let's go grab some!!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	grab	grab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	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 | **go out** *in a quote* | past | sea |  |  |  |  | like miles and loads of fish | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **flap** *in a quote* | gerund | fish *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **let** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | 's |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | 's *not said here* | some |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP 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:* What should they do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:2
# text = What should they do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | fish |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, the sea won't come back for days, so take your time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:o1:1
# text = Yes, the sea won't come back for days, so take your time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come back** | future | the sea |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | the sea *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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No! Run to high ground now, a tsunami may be coming

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*Sentence 1:* No!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:o2:1
# text = No!
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Run to high ground now, a tsunami may be coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:o2:2
# text = Run to high ground now, a tsunami may be coming
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | to high ground *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to ground=Result |
| 2 | **come** | may · progressive | a tsunami |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but only for ten minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, but only for ten minutes
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's safe until the next high tide comes in tonight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t3:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's safe until the next high tide comes in tonight
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | tonight | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come in** | present | the next high tide |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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