Test 4 · The great rivers
In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies. What does the game leave out?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: river, line, game · What happens: be, slow, leave out · To what, where: line, Europa, armies
This is test 4 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
Sentence 1: In Europa Universalis 5, a river is mostly a line that slows armies.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Europa | case |
| 2 | Europa | Europa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 line | obl |
| 3 | Universalis | Universalis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Europa | flat |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 Europa | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Europa | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 line | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 line | cop |
| 9 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 11 line | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 line | det |
| 11 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 slows | nsubj |
| 13 | slows | slow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 line | acl:relcl |
| 14 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 slows | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 line | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a river | a line | Europa | mostly property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | slow | present | a line | armies | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent army=Patient |
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 does the game leave out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 leave | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 leave | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave out | present · do-support | the game | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, rivers do nothing else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 rivers | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 nothing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | Nothing rivers | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality |
Option 2
Rivers in real life cannot be crossed at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 crossed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 life | case |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 life | amod |
| 4 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rivers | nmod |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 crossed | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 crossed | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 crossed | aux:pass |
| 8 | crossed | cross | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 crossed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cross | can · passive | Rivers in real life | all | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Rivers are only found in deserts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 found | advmod |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 deserts | case |
| 6 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · passive | Rivers | deserts | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Rivers also give water, rich farmland, fish, power and routes for boats
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 give | advmod |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 farmland | punct |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 farmland | amod |
| 7 | farmland | farmland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 water | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fish | punct |
| 9 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 water | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 power | punct |
| 11 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 water | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 routes | cc |
| 13 | routes | route | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 water | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 boats | case |
| 15 | boats | boat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Rivers | water and rich farmland and fish and power and routes | for boats | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent water=Theme for boat=Asset |
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