Test 9 · ★ · The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and…
«the ground's frozen but there's mud on top, wtf» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mud · What happens: freeze, be · To what, where: ground, top
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 168 «The Arctic tundra: musk oxen, arctic foxes, snowy owls and the truth about lemmings» of the biology 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 frozen | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ground | det |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 ground | case |
| 5 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 right | advcl |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 's | cc |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 's | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 frozen | conj |
| 9 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 top | case |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wtf | punct |
| 13 | wtf | wtf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 top | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 frozen | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 right | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 right | cop |
| 17 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 17 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze in a quote | participle · passive | the ground | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | |||||
| 2 | be in a quote | present | mud | top and wtf; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Location | ||||
| 3 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
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
Option 1
The mud fell from the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mud | det |
| 2 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 sky | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sky | det |
| 6 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | the mud | the sky | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
In summer only the top layer thaws, and the permafrost below stays frozen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 summer | case |
| 2 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thaws | obl |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 thaws | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 layer | det |
| 5 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 layer | amod |
| 6 | layer | layer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thaws | nsubj |
| 7 | thaws | thaw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 stays | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 stays | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 permafrost | det |
| 11 | permafrost | permafrost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stays | nsubj |
| 12 | below | below | ADP | _ | 11 permafrost | nmod |
| 13 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thaws | conj |
| 14 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 stays | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | thaw | present | the top layer | summer | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stay | present | the permafrost | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | freeze | participle | the permafrost not said here | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The ground is frozen only on top, and warm and muddy far below
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ground | det |
| 2 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 frozen | aux:pass |
| 4 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 top | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 frozen | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 warm | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 warm | cc |
| 10 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 frozen | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 muddy | cc |
| 12 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 warm | conj |
| 13 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 below | advmod |
| 14 | below | below | ADV | _ | 4 frozen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · passive | the ground | top | below property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
Option 4
It is all frozen, there is no mud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 frozen | aux:pass |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 frozen | advmod |
| 4 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 frozen | advcl |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 mud | det |
| 9 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · passive | It | all property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no mud | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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