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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises spring tides? Exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics 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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# Exam question 3 · Seasons and tides

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises spring tides?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** spring tides

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises spring tides?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | spring tides |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Tides originating from springs of fresh water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e3:o1:1
# text = Tides originating from springs of fresh water
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	originating	originate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	springs	spring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **originate** | gerund | Tides *not said here* |  |  |  | spring |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tides occurring exclusively during the spring months, when the snows melt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e3:o2:1
# text = Tides occurring exclusively during the spring months, when the snows melt
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
2	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snows	snow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	melt	melt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund | Tides *not said here* |  |  |  | month | exclusively *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | present | Tides |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tides of the greatest range, occurring when the Sun and Moon act in line

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e3:o3:1
# text = Tides of the greatest range, occurring when the Sun and Moon act in line
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund | Tides of the greatest range |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **act** | present | the Sun and Moon |  |  | line |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **tide** |  | the greatest range |  |  |  |  |  | nom tide «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tides of the least range, occurring at half Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:e3:o4:1
# text = Tides of the least range, occurring at half Moon
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	7	obl	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund | the least range *not said here* | Moon |  | half |  |  | tree rules |

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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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