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title: Why might a fisherman want to know when the full Moon is? — Seasons and tides · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a fisherman want to know when the full Moon is? Test 8 · ★★ 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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# Test 8 · ★★ · Seasons and tides

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Why might a fisherman want to know when the full Moon is?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fisherman, full Moon · **What happens:** want, know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» of the physics 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/physics/40-seasons-and-tides/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t8:1
# text = Why might a fisherman want to know when the full Moon is?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | might | a fisherman |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a fisherman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | the full Moon |  |  |  |  | when *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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Boats float higher and better at full Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t8:o1:1
# text = Boats float higher and better at full Moon
1	Boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	float	float	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **float** | present | Boats |  |  | full Moon |  | well *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at moon=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fish only ever bite when the Moon is full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t8:o2:1
# text = Fish only ever bite when the Moon is full
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	bite	bite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | infinitive | Fish |  |  |  | ever |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

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

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Tides are biggest at full and new Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t8:o3:1
# text = Tides are biggest at full and new Moon
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Tides |  |  | full Moon |  | big *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The full Moon warms up the sea for the fish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:40-seasons-and-tides:t8:o4:1
# text = The full Moon warms up the sea for the fish
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	warms	warm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm up** | present | the full Moon | the sea |  |  |  | for the fish | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |

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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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