Test 7 · ★ · The Middle East and Central Asia

«Middle East — middle of what?? stupid name» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Middle East · What happens: be · To what, where: best answer

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 East	punct
2	Middle	Middle	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 East	compound
3	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 answer	nsubj
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 middle	punct
5	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 East	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 what	case
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 middle	nmod
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	10 name	punct
9	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 answer	nsubj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 name	punct
12	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 answer	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 answer	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 answer	det
15	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 answer	amod
16	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Middle East	the best answer					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 · ✓ the right answer

It is the middle of the «East» seen from Europe, between the Near and Far East

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 middle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 middle	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 East	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 East	det
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 East	punct
8	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 East	punct
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 East	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 Europe	case
12	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seen	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Near	punct
14	between	between	ADP	_	16 Near	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Near	det
16	Near	near	ADP	_	19 East	case
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 East	cc
18	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 East	advmod
19	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the middle				of the East	tree rules
2	see	participle		the East not said here		Europe		near East	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The middle of the Pacific Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 Ocean	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ocean	det
5	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ocean	compound
6	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The middle of Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Africa	case
4	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

It is the middle of the Earth, right where the equator crosses the Greenwich line

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 middle	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 middle	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crosses	punct
9	right	right	ADV	_	13 crosses	advmod
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 crosses	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 equator	det
12	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crosses	nsubj
13	crosses	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 middle	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 line	det
15	Greenwich	Greenwich	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 line	compound
16	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 crosses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the middle				of the Earth	tree rules
2	cross	present	the equator	the Greenwich line				right property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Patient

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