Test 11 · ★★ · Latin America and the Caribbean

«why'd they build brasília in the middle of nowhere» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, middle · What happens: build, be · To what, where: brasília, middle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Latin America and the Caribbean» 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 build	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 build	advmod
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 build	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 build	nsubj
5	build	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	brasília	brasília	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 build	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 build	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	17 answer	case
11	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 answer	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 nowhere	punct
13	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 answer	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 answer	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 answer	det
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 answer	amod
17	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 build	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build in a quote	present	they	brasília		the middle			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset brasília=Product
2	be speech: assert	present	the middle					of the best answer; nowhere 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

Because Rio sank into the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 sank	mark
2	Rio	Rio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sank	nsubj
3	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	Rio			the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Because the Portuguese king lived there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 lived	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
3	Portuguese	portuguese	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 king	amod
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lived	nsubj
5	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 lived	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the Portuguese king			there			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Because the Amazon flooded every coastal city in Brazil, so they had to move inland

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 flooded	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Amazon	det
3	Amazon	Amazon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 flooded	nsubj
4	flooded	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 city	det
6	coastal	coastal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flooded	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Brazil	case
9	Brazil	Brazil	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 city	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 had	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 had	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 had	nsubj
13	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flooded	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 move	mark
15	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 had	xcomp
16	inland	inland	ADV	_	15 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	flood	past	the Amazon	every coastal city	Brazil		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent city=Patient
2	have	past	they				tree rules
3	move	to-infinitive	they not said here			inland property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To bring people and growth into the inland of the country, away from the coast

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bring	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 growth	cc
5	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 people	conj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 inland	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 inland	det
8	inland	inland	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 country	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 inland	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 away	punct
13	away	away	ADV	_	2 bring	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 coast	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coast	det
16	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive		people and growth		the inland of the country		away property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into inland=Destination

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