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title: Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill». Why can that change fast? — Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lak… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill». Why can that change fast? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» of the medicine 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 10 · ★★ · Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries

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Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill». Why can that change fast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** chill, change

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Swimming out too far: sea, rivers, lakes and quarries» of the medicine 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/medicine/71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:1
# text = Ethan: «tide's miles away, chill».
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	chill	chill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chill** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Why can that change fast?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:2
# text = Why can that change fast?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | can | that |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tide fills flat sand faster than you walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:o1:1
# text = Tide fills flat sand faster than you walk
1	Tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fills	fill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | present | Tide | flat sand |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sand=Patient |
| 2 | **walk** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sandbanks rise with the tide

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:o2:1
# text = Sandbanks rise with the tide
1	Sandbanks	sandbank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | Sandbanks |  |  |  |  | with the tide | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tide always comes in from the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:o3:1
# text = The tide always comes in from the front
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | present | the tide |  |  | the front |  | always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from front=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tides only move once a week, so there's lots of time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:71-swimming-out-too-far-sea-rivers-lakes-and-quarries:t10:o4:1
# text = Tides only move once a week, so there's lots of time
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | Tides |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **does** | present | lots of time |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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