Test 10 · East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals

«why's it called the Philippines lol, there's no Philip there» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Philip · What happens: be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 11 «East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 called	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Philippines	det
7	Philippines	Philippines	PROPN	Number=Ptan	5 called	obj
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 called	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 's	punct
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 's	expl
11	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 called	parataxis
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 Philip	det
13	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 's	nsubj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 's	advmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 called	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	be speech: assert in a quote	present	it		call property	tree rules
2	be in a quote	present	no Philip	there; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			right 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 · ← Mova's choice

They are named after Prince Philip of Britain, who visited them on a royal tour in 1898

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 named	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 named	aux:pass
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 Philip	case
5	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Philip	compound
6	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 named	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Britain	case
8	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Philip	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 visited	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 visited	nsubj
11	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Philip	acl:relcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 visited	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 tour	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tour	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tour	amod
16	tour	tour	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 visited	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 1898	case
18	1898	1898	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		They		1898	after Prince Philip of Britain		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	visit	past	Prince Philip of Britain	them = they		a royal tour			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 2

The name means «many islands» in Malay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 name	det
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 islands	punct
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 islands	amod
6	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 means	obj
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 islands	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Malay	case
9	Malay	Malay	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 islands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the name	many islands				in Malay	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot island=Theme in malay=Attribute

Option 3

They are named after a Filipino king called Philip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 named	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 named	aux:pass
3	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 king	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 king	det
6	Filipino	Filipino	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 king	amod
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 named	obl
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 king	acl
9	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present · passive		They			after a Filipino king		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	call	participle		a Filipino king not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Spain named the islands after King Philip II and ruled them from 1565 to 1898

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 named	nsubj
2	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 islands	det
4	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 named	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 Philip	case
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Philip	nmod:desc
7	Philip	Philip	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 named	obl
8	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	7 Philip	flat
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ruled	cc
10	ruled	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 named	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ruled	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 1565	case
13	1565	1565	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 ruled	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 1898	case
15	1898	1898	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 1565	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	past	Spain	the islands			after Philip King		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme
2	rule	past	Spain not said here	islands = island		1565 to 1898			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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