Test 2 · The great rivers

«ancient egyptians were happy about the flood?? sounds awful» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ancient egyptians · What happens: be, sound · To what, where: best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 16 «The great rivers» 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 happy	punct
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 egyptians	amod
3	egyptians	egyptian	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happy	cop
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sounds	csubj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 flood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flood	det
8	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happy	obl
9	??	??	PUNCT	_	5 happy	punct
10	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	awful	awful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sounds	xcomp
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 sounds	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	10 sounds	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	ancient egyptians		about the flood; happy property	tree rules
2	sound in a quote	present			awful property	tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		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

The flood left rich silt on the fields, so crops grew well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 flood	det
2	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	nsubj
3	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 silt	amod
5	silt	silt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 left	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 fields	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fields	det
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 left	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grew	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 grew	advmod
11	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grew	nsubj
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	conj
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 grew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the flood	rich silt		the fields			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent silt=Theme on field=Location
2	grow	past	crops					well property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It washed the sand away and turned the deserts into forests

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	2 washed	nsubj
2	washed	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washed	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 washed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turned	cc
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 washed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deserts	det
9	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 forests	case
11	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	past	It	the sand				away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient
2	turn	past		the deserts		forests			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent desert=Theme into forest=Trajectory

Option 3

They liked swimming in it

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	2 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 liked	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	swim not said to happen	gerund	They not said here			it			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Trajectory

Option 4

It brought gold from the mountains

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	2 brought	nsubj
2	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brought	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 mountains	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mountains	det
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	It	gold		the mountains			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent gold=Theme from mountain=Initial_Location

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