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title: "8000 yrs ago a tsunami hit Scotland?? from what" — Tsunamis · tree and pragmatics
description: "8000 yrs ago a tsunami hit Scotland?? from what" Test 8 · ★ 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 8 · ★ · Tsunamis

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"8000 yrs ago a tsunami hit Scotland?? from what"

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tsunami · **What happens:** hit · **To what, where:** Scotland

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t8:1
# text = "8000 yrs ago a tsunami hit Scotland?? from what"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	8000	8000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	yrs	year	NOUN	NNS	Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	csubj	_	_
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | a tsunami | Scotland |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scotland=Co-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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A storm that lasted a whole year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t8:o1:1
# text = A storm that lasted a whole year
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
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	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | a storm |  |  |  | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A volcano erupting in Edinburgh, Arthur's Seat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t8:o2:1
# text = A volcano erupting in Edinburgh, Arthur's Seat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	erupting	erupt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	Seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **erupt** | gerund | a volcano and Arthur's Seat *not said here* |  |  | Edinburgh |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in edinburgh=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A meteorite landing in the Thames

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t8:o3:1
# text = A meteorite landing in the Thames
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	meteorite	meteorite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Thames	Thames	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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An underwater landslide off Norway, the Storegga Slide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:45-tsunamis:t8:o4:1
# text = An underwater landslide off Norway, the Storegga Slide
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	underwater	underwater	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	landslide	landslide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Storegga	Storegga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Slide	Slide	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
```

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

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