Test 9 · Maps and scale

Why would an army be among the first to want very accurate maps of a country?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: army · What happens: be, want · To what, where: accurate maps

This is test 9 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 first	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 first	aux
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 first	nsubj
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 first	cop
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 first	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 first	det
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 want	mark
10	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 first	acl
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 accurate	advmod
12	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 maps	amod
13	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 want	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 country	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 country	det
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 maps	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 first	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	a army					first property	tree rules
2	want	to-infinitive		accurate maps of a country					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot map=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

To count how many trees there were for firewood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 count	mark
2	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 were	advcl
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 trees	amod
5	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 count	obj
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 were	expl
7	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 firewood	case
9	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 were	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	to-infinitive		many trees					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme
2	be	past				there		for firewood	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Because soldiers liked drawing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 liked	mark
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 liked	nsubj
3	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 liked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	soldiers						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	draw not said to happen	gerund	soldiers not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To decorate the generals' tents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decorate	mark
2	decorate	decorate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 generals	det
4	generals	general	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tents	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 generals	case
6	tents	tent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 decorate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decorate	to-infinitive		the generals's tents					vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To plan marches and defend the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 plan	mark
2	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marches	march	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 plan	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 defend	cc
5	defend	defend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 plan	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	to-infinitive		marches					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent march=Topic
2	defend	infinitive		the land					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Beneficiary

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