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title: Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach." What is… — Phases, eclipses and tides · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach." What is the truth? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space 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 7 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides

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Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach." What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, truth · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** March, spring tides, beach

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space 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/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:1
# text = Gran: "It's March, so we'll get spring tides at the beach."
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Gran | March |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | future | Gran | spring tides |  | the beach |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent tide=Theme at beach=Asset |

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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 is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Spring tides are another word for floods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:o1:1
# text = Spring tides are another word for floods
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	floods	flood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spring tides | another word |  |  |  | for floods | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is right, spring tides come only in spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:o2:1
# text = She is right, spring tides come only in spring
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | spring tides |  |  |  | spring |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spring tides come at every new and full Moon, all year round

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:o3:1
# text = Spring tides come at every new and full Moon, all year round
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Spring tides |  |  | every new Moon | year | round *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at moon=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spring tides come only in March

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t7:o4:1
# text = Spring tides come only in March
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	March	March	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Spring tides |  |  |  | march |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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