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title: «tides are just the wind pushing the sea about» What is the best cor… — Wind, sun and other clean energy · tree and pragmatics
description: «tides are just the wind pushing the sea about» What is the best correction? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Wind, sun and other clean energy

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«tides are just the wind pushing the sea about» What is the best correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tides, best correction · **What happens:** push, be · **To what, where:** sea

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 33 «Wind, sun and other clean energy» of the technology 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/technology/33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t4:1
# text = «tides are just the wind pushing the sea about» What is the best correction?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
12	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** *in a quote* | present · progressive | tides | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the best correction |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Tides are caused mainly by the Moon pulling the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t4:o1:1
# text = Tides are caused mainly by the Moon pulling the sea
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
8	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present · passive | the Moon | Tides |  |  |  | mainly *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient |
| 2 | **pull** | gerund | the Moon *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, the wind pushes the sea in and out every single day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t4:o2:1
# text = Right, the wind pushes the sea in and out every single day
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	conj	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | present | the wind | the sea |  |  | day |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tides come from whales and big fish all swimming together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t4:o3:1
# text = Tides come from whales and big fish all swimming together
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	swimming	swimming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Tides | all swimming |  |  |  | from whales and big fish; together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from whale=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tides come from rain filling the sea up and then draining away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:33-wind-sun-and-other-clean-energy:t4:o4:1
# text = Tides come from rain filling the sea up and then draining away
1	Tides	tide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	filling	fill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	draining	drain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Tides |  |  | rain |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from rain=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **fill up** | gerund | Tides *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sea=Patient |
| 3 | **drain away** | gerund | Tides *not said here* |  |  |  | then | away *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source |

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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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