Test 3 · The great rivers

«why does the volga never get to the ocean, is it lazy lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: volga · What happens: not get, be

This is test 3 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	_	7 get	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 volga	det
5	volga	volga	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 right	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 ocean	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ocean	det
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lazy	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 lazy	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lazy	nsubj
14	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 get	advcl
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 get	discourse
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	19 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not get in a quote	present · do-support	the volga	to the ocean result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to ocean=Result
2	is in a quote	present	volga	lazy property	tree rules
3	is	present		right 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It flows into the Caspian Sea, a lake with no outlet to the ocean

The tree, 14 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	2 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 Sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sea	det
5	Caspian	Caspian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sea	compound
6	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lake	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lake	det
9	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Sea	appos
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 outlet	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 outlet	det
12	outlet	outlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lake	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 ocean	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ocean	det
15	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	It			the Caspian Sea		to the ocean	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It flows uphill into the Arctic

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 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	uphill	uphill	ADV	_	2 flows	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 Arctic	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Arctic	det
6	Arctic	Arctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	It			the Arctic		uphill property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It dries up before it gets there

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 dries	nsubj
2	dries	dry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 dries	compound:prt
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 gets	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dries	advcl
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dry up	present	It						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	get	present	it			there			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It goes underground and comes out again in the Black Sea, near Crimea

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 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	underground	underground	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 comes	cc
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 comes	compound:prt
7	again	again	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 Sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sea	det
10	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Sea	compound
11	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 comes	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Crimea	punct
13	near	near	ADP	_	14 Crimea	case
14	Crimea	Crimea	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	It					underground property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come out	present				the Black Sea and Crimea	again		vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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