Test 6 · Maps and scale
Mate says a 1:10,000,000 map is "large scale cos it covers loads". Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, 1:10,000,000 map, map · What happens: say, be, cover · To what, where: large scale, loads · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: Mate says a 1:10,000,000 map is "large scale cos it covers loads".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 map | det |
| 4 | 1:10,000,000 | 1:10,000,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 map | nummod |
| 5 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scale | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scale | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 scale | punct |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 scale | amod |
| 9 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 12 covers | mark |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 covers | nsubj |
| 12 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 13 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 covers | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 covers | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a 1:10,000,000 map | large scale | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | cover in a quote | present | map | loads | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme load=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mate | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, a bigger area always means a larger scale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 area | det |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 area | amod |
| 5 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 means | advmod |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 scale | det |
| 9 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 scale | amod |
| 10 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a bigger area | a larger scale | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scale=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, covering a huge area makes it small-scale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 covering | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | covering | cover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 makes | csubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 area | det |
| 5 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 area | amod |
| 6 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 covering | obj |
| 7 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 makes | obj |
| 9 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 scale | amod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 small | punct |
| 11 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | gerund | a huge area | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme area=Destination | |||||
| 2 | make | present | covering | area | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, it has no scale at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 scale | det |
| 6 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 scale | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | no scale | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scale=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, scale means the size of the paper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | scale | scale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 size | det |
| 6 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 paper | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 paper | det |
| 9 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 size | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | scale | the size of the paper | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Topic |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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