Test 1 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, Dubai, capital · What happens: say, be · To what, where: capital, famous one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 12 «The Middle East and Central Asia» 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: Leo says: «Dubai's the capital of the Emirates, obviously, it's the famous one.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 capital	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 capital	punct
5	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 capital	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 capital	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 capital	det
8	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Emirates	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Emirates	det
11	Emirates	Emirate	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 capital	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 one	punct
13	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	19 one	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 one	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 one	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 one	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 one	det
18	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 one	amod
19	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 capital	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Dubai	the capital	of the Emirates	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	capital	the famous one	obviously 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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
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						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Emirates have no capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Emirates	det
2	Emirates	emirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 capital	det
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the Emirates	no capital					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Patient

Option 2

Dubai is the capital and Abu Dhabi is a small fishing village

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 capital	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 capital	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 capital	det
4	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 village	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Abu	cc
6	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 capital	appos
7	Dhabi	Dhabi	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Abu	flat
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 village	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 village	det
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 village	amod
11	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 village	compound
12	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dubai	the capital					tree rules
2	is a	present	the capital	a small fishing village					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Abu Dhabi is the capital; Dubai is the most famous city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abu	Abu	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 capital	nsubj
2	Dhabi	Dhabi	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Abu	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 capital	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capital	det
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 city	punct
7	Dubai	Dubai	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 city	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 city	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 city	det
10	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	11 famous	advmod
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 city	amod
12	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 capital	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Abu	the capital					tree rules
2	is a	present	Dubai	the famous city					tree rules

Option 4

The capital is Doha

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 capital	det
2	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Doha	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Doha	cop
4	Doha	Doha	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the capital	Doha					tree rules

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