Test 7 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1…

Real life: how were the Himalayas made?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, make · To what, where: Himalayas

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 made	advmod
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Himalayas	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Himalayas	det
7	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 made	nsubj:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 life	parataxis
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 life	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Himalayas					tree rules
2	make	participle · passive		the Himalayas					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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

India's land pushed into Asia over millions of years, folding the rock up high

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 land	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 India	case
3	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 land	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 Asia	case
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 millions	case
8	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pushed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 years	case
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 millions	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 folding	punct
12	folding	fold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pushed	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rock	det
14	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 folding	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	12 folding	compound:prt
16	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 folding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	participle		India's land not said here		Asia		over millions of years	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into asia=Destination
2	fold up	gerund		the rock				high property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent rock=Patient

Option 2

A giant meteor hit the Earth and threw the Asian land up into the sky above

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 meteor	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 meteor	amod
3	meteor	meteor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	nsubj
4	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 threw	cc
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
10	Asian	Asian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 land	amod
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obj
12	up	up	ADV	_	8 threw	advmod
13	into	into	ADP	_	15 sky	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sky	det
15	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obl
16	above	above	ADV	_	8 threw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past	a giant meteor	the Earth					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme
2	throw	past	a giant meteor not said here	the Asian land				into the sky result; above property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer land=Theme into sky=Result

Option 3

Volcanoes erupted from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 erupted	nsubj
2	erupted	erupt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past 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 erupted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	past	Volcanoes			the sea			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

India's land pushed into Asia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 land	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 India	case
3	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 land	acl
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 Asia	case
6	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	participle		India's land not said here		Asia			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into asia=Destination

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