Test 9 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…

Real life, on a dreich (grey, wet) day: where does «sky-water» come from?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: come

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» of the books 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	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 life	amod
2	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	appos
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dreich	punct
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 dreich	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dreich	det
6	dreich	dreich	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 life	conj
7	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 grey	punct
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dreich	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wet	punct
10	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grey	conj
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 dreich	punct
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 come	obl:unmarked
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 does	punct
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 does	advmod
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 come	aux
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 water	punct
17	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 water	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 sky	punct
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	obj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 water	punct
21	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	from	from	ADP	_	21 come	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · do-support					day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Water evaporates from the sea, makes clouds in the sky, and then falls again as rain on the hills

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporates	nsubj
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporates	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 makes	punct
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 evaporates	parataxis
8	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 makes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 falls	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 falls	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 falls	advmod
15	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 evaporates	parataxis
16	again	again	ADV	_	15 falls	advmod
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 rain	case
18	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 falls	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 hills	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hills	det
21	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate	present	Water		the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present		clouds	the sky			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product
3	fall	present			the hills	then; again	as rain	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on hill=Location

Option 2

Water evaporates, makes clouds, and falls again, the same water going round and round forever over the whole world

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporates	nsubj
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 makes	punct
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 evaporates	conj
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 falls	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 falls	cc
8	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 evaporates	conj
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 falls	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 water	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporates	parataxis
14	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 water	acl
15	round	round	ADV	_	14 going	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 round	cc
17	round	round	ADV	_	15 round	conj
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	14 going	advmod
19	over	over	ADP	_	22 world	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 world	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 world	amod
22	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate	present	Water					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	Water not said here	clouds				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product
3	fall	present	Water not said here			again		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go	gerund	the same water not said here		the whole world		forever, round property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme over world=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Water evaporates, makes clouds, and falls again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 evaporates	nsubj
2	evaporates	evaporate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 makes	punct
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 evaporates	conj
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 falls	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 falls	cc
8	falls	fall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 evaporates	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	2 evaporates	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	evaporate	present	Water	falls			again		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	make	present	Water not said here	clouds					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloud=Product

Option 4

Clouds gather over the far hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gather	nsubj
2	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	6 hills	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hills	det
5	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hills	amod
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gather	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	present	Clouds			the far hills			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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