Test 1 · Maps and scale

my cousin says people in 1337 thought the earth was flat lol. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, people, earth · What happens: say, think, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 thought	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1337	case
6	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 people	nmod
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 earth	det
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flat	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 flat	cop
11	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thought	ccomp
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 thought	discourse
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	think speech: other	past	people in 1337		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the earth	flat 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 right answer

No, educated people then knew it was round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 educated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	educated	educate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 knew	nsubj
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 knew	advmod
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 round	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 round	cop
9	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knew	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	educate speech: other	participle				vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	know	past	educated people	then		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	past	it		round property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, they thought it was a cube

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cube	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cube	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cube	det
8	cube	cube	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	they						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	it	a cube					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, only sailors knew it was round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 sailors	advmod
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knew	nsubj
5	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 round	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 round	cop
8	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knew	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	sailors						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	it					round property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, everyone thought it was flat until 1492

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 thought	nsubj
4	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 flat	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flat	cop
7	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thought	ccomp
8	until	until	ADP	_	9 1492	case
9	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 thought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	everyone				until 1492		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					flat property	tree rules

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