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title: A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms.… — Coasts and caves · tree and pragmatics
description: A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms. What will it probably become one day? Test 2 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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 2 · Coasts and caves

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A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms. What will it probably become one day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seaside arch · **What happens:** have, become · **To what, where:** crack, top

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This is test 2 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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/55-coasts-and-caves/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:1
# text = A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seaside	seaside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	arch	arch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	storms	storm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a seaside arch | a crack |  | arch's top after a winter of storms |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Patient |

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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 will it probably become one day?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:2
# text = What will it probably become one day?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | future |  |  |  |  | day | probably *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A bay, once it grows taller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:o1:1
# text = A bay, once it grows taller
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bay	bay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
6	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | a bay once it |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A cave, once it fills with sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:o2:1
# text = A cave, once it fills with sand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | cave | a cave *not said here* |  |  |  | with sand | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cave=Patient with sand=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A stack, once the top falls in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:o3:1
# text = A stack, once the top falls in
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stack	stack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall in** | present | a stack once the top |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A spit, once it floats away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t2:o4:1
# text = A spit, once it floats away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
6	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float away** | present | a spit once it |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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