--- title: What would happen if a big earthquake shook the sea floor off Chile? — Tsunamis · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a big earthquake shook the sea floor off Chile? Test 6 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/45-tsunamis/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / [Tsunamis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/45-tsunamis/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Tsunamis What would happen if a big earthquake shook the sea floor off Chile? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big earthquake · **What happens:** happen, shake · **To what, where:** sea floor, Chile This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t6:1 # text = What would happen if a big earthquake shook the sea floor off Chile? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 earthquake earthquake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 off off ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Chile Chile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shake** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a big earthquake | the sea floor | | Chile | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent floor=Theme off chile=Trajectory | 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} Only Chile could ever be hit, as tsunamis cannot travel far from home ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t6:o1:1 # text = Only Chile could ever be hit, as tsunamis cannot travel far from home 1 Only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 Chile Chile PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 hit hit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 tsunamis tsunami NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 13 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | could · passive | | Chile | | | ever | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme | | 2 | **not** **travel** | can | tsunamis | | | home | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} The tsunami would stop after a few kilometres ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t6:o2:1 # text = The tsunami would stop after a few kilometres 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tsunami tsunami NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the tsunami | | | | after a few kilometres | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A tsunami could cross the Pacific and hit faraway coasts hours later ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t6:o3:1 # text = A tsunami could cross the Pacific and hit faraway coasts hours later 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tsunami tsunami NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Pacific Pacific PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 faraway faraway ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 coasts coast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 compound _ _ 11 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | could | a tsunami | the Pacific | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pacific=Patient | | 2 | **hit** | past | a tsunami *not said here* | | | | hour | late *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing, tsunamis only happen near Asia ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t6:o4:1 # text = Nothing, tsunamis only happen near Asia 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 tsunamis tsunami 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 near near ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Asia Asia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Nothing tsunamis | | | Asia | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near asia=Location | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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