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title: A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing un… — Volcanoes and earthquakes up close · tree and pragmatics
description: A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it. Why does the same wave become huge at the coast? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

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A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it. Why does the same wave become huge at the coast?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ship, tsunami, same wave · **What happens:** notice, pass, become · **To what, where:** tsunami, ship

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» of the world 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/world/62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:1
# text = A ship far out in the deep ocean hardly notices a tsunami passing under it.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | a ship in the deep ocean | a tsunami |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tsunami=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund | a tsunami *not said here* |  |  | ship |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under it=Location |

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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 does the same wave become huge at the coast?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:2
# text = Why does the same wave become huge at the coast?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present · do-support | the same wave |  |  |  |  | huge *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

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

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In shallow water the wave slows down and piles up higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:o1:1
# text = In shallow water the wave slows down and piles up higher
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	shallow	shallow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slows	slow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	piles	pile	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	higher	high	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | present | the wave |  |  | shallow water |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **pile up** | present | the wave *not said here* |  |  |  |  | high *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wave turns round at the shore and doubles itself in size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:o2:1
# text = The wave turns round at the shore and doubles itself in size
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	doubles	double	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn round** | present | the wave |  |  | the shore |  | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at shore=Trajectory |
| 2 | **double** | present | the wave *not said here* | wave |  | size |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itself=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The water near the coast is saltier and heavier, so it rises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:o3:1
# text = The water near the coast is saltier and heavier, so it rises
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	saltier	salty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	rises	rise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the water near the coast |  |  |  |  | salty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the water near the coast *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rise** | present | water |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wind grows stronger near the coast and pushes it higher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:62-volcanoes-and-earthquakes:t6:o4:1
# text = The wind grows stronger near the coast and pushes it higher
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	higher	high	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | the wind |  |  | the coast |  | strong *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near coast=Location |
| 2 | **push** | present | the wind *not said here* | wind |  |  |  | high *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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