--- title: A long curved strip of sand sticks out into the sea at the end of a… — Coasts and caves · tree and pragmatics description: A long curved strip of sand sticks out into the sea at the end of a beach. What is it called? Test 9 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/t9/) [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/) / [Coasts and caves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/55-coasts-and-caves/) / t9 # Test 9 · Coasts and caves A long curved strip of sand sticks out into the sea at the end of a beach. What is it called? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** long curved strip · **What happens:** curve, stick out, call · **To what, where:** sea, strip · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A long curved strip of sand sticks out into the sea at the end of a beach. ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:1 # text = A long curved strip of sand sticks out into the sea at the end of a beach. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 curved curve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 strip strip NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 sticks stick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 beach beach NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **curve** | participle | | | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | | 2 | **stick out** | present | a long curved strip of sand | | | the sea | at the end of a beach | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is it called? ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:2 # text = What is it called? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present · passive | | strip | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Result | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} An arch ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:o1:1 # text = An arch 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 arch arch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A stack ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:o2:1 # text = A stack 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stack stack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A stalagmite ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:o3:1 # text = A stalagmite 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stalagmite stalagmite NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A spit ```conllu # sent_id = question:geography:55-coasts-and-caves:t9:o4:1 # text = A spit 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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