Test 3 · East, South and South-East Asia: countries and capitals
In a cartoon, a Japanese ninja says he lives on «the one big island of Japan». What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Japanese ninja, ninja · What happens: say, live on, be · To what, where: cartoon, one big island · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a Japanese ninja says he lives on «the one big island of Japan».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ninja | det |
| 6 | Japanese | Japanese | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ninja | amod |
| 7 | ninja | ninja | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 says | nsubj |
| 8 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lives | nsubj |
| 10 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 says | ccomp |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 lives | compound:prt |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 island | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 island | det |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 island | nummod |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 island | amod |
| 16 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lives | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Japan | case |
| 18 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 island | nmod |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 island | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Japanese ninja | a cartoon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | live on | present | ninja | the one big island of Japan | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Japan is not an island country at all, it is joined to Korea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 country | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 country | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 country | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 5 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 country | compound |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 country | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 joined | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 joined | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 joined | aux:pass |
| 12 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 country | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Korea | case |
| 14 | Korea | Korea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 joined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Japan | a island country | all | tree rules | |||
| 2 | join | present · passive | country | Korea | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to korea=Co-Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Japan has four main islands and thousands of smaller ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 islands | nummod |
| 4 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 islands | amod |
| 5 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thousands | cc |
| 7 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 islands | conj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 ones | case |
| 9 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 ones | amod |
| 10 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 thousands | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Japan | four main islands and thousands of smaller ones | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Patient |
Option 3
Japan has only two islands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 two | advmod |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 islands | nummod |
| 5 | islands | island | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Japan | two islands | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Patient |
Option 4
Japan is part of mainland China
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 part | cop |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 China | case |
| 5 | mainland | mainland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 China | compound |
| 6 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Japan | part | of mainland China | tree rules |
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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