Test 7 · The great rivers

Why would a port at the mouth of a big river become very busy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: port · What happens: become

This is test 7 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 become	advmod
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 become	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 port	det
4	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 become	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mouth	det
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 port	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 river	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 river	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 river	amod
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mouth	nmod
12	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 busy	advcl
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 busy	advmod
14	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 busy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	a port at the mouth of a big river						vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Goods from the whole river can be moved onto sea ships there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 moved	nsubj:pass
2	from	from	ADP	_	5 river	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 river	amod
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Goods	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 moved	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 moved	aux:pass
8	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	11 ships	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ships	compound
11	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 moved	obl
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 moved	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	can · passive		Goods from the whole river		sea ships; there			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme onto ship=Trajectory

Option 2

Rivers are saltier at the mouth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saltier	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saltier	cop
3	saltier	salty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mouth	det
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saltier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rivers			the mouth		salty property	tree rules

Option 3

Fish only live at river mouths, so all the fishing boats gather there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 live	advmod
3	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 mouths	case
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mouths	compound
6	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 live	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gather	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 gather	advmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 boats	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boats	det
11	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boats	compound
12	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gather	nsubj
13	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 live	conj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 gather	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	Fish			river mouths			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at mouth=Location
2	gather	present	all fishing boats			there			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Ships cannot sail on the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sail	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sail	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sail	advmod
4	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sail	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sail	can	Ships			the sea			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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