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title: A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each… — Rivers, lakes and the sea up close · tree and pragmatics
description: A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day. What is mainly responsible? Test 4 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea up close» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 4 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

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A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day. What is mainly responsible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fisherman, sea · **What happens:** notice, come, be · **To what, where:** beach · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea 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/64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:1
# text = A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	high	high	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | present | a fisherman |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **come** | present | the sea |  |  | the beach | day | high, twice *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up beach=Initial\_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:* What is mainly responsible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:2
# text = What is mainly responsible?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	mainly	mainly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | mainly, responsible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The fish moving about the sea in large groups

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:o1:1
# text = The fish moving about the sea in large groups
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | the fish *not said here* |  |  | large groups |  | about the sea | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme about sea=Source in group=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rivers emptying their water into the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:o2:1
# text = The rivers emptying their water into the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	emptying	empty	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empty** | gerund | the rivers *not said here* | rivers's water |  | the sea |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into sea=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wind changing direction twice every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:o3:1
# text = The wind changing direction twice every day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund | the wind *not said here* | direction |  |  | day | twice *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon's gravity pulling on the ocean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:64-rivers-lakes-and-the-sea:t4:o4:1
# text = The Moon's gravity pulling on the ocean
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	gravity	gravity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund | the Moon's gravity *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the ocean | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on ocean=Theme |

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