Test 7 · ★ · Mountains and highlands

«why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: many big rivers · What happens: start, be · To what, where: one place, best answer

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 17 «Mountains and highlands» 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: «why do so many big rivers start in one place, tibet?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 start	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 start	aux
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rivers	amod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rivers	amod
7	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 start	nsubj
8	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 place	nummod
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 start	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tibet	punct
13	tibet	tibet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 place	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 start	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start in a quote	present · do-support	many big rivers			one place and tibet			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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: Which is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 answer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best answer					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Rivers come from the sea up to Tibet through tunnels under the mountains of India

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 sea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
6	up	up	ADP	_	2 come	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Tibet	case
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 tunnels	case
10	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	obl
11	under	under	ADP	_	13 mountains	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mountains	det
13	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tunnels	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 India	case
15	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 mountains	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up	present	Rivers		Tibet	the sea		through tunnels under the mountains of India	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from sea=Initial_Location to tibet=Destination

Option 2

Tibet has a giant pump

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pump	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pump	amod
5	pump	pump	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Tibet	a giant pump					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pump=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

All rivers in the world start in Tibet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 rivers	det
2	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 start	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rivers	nmod
6	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Tibet	case
8	Tibet	Tibet	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	all rivers in the world			Tibet			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The high plateau catches snow and rain, and water runs off in every direction

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 plateau	det
2	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 plateau	amod
3	plateau	plateau	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catches	nsubj
4	catches	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catches	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rain	cc
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snow	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 runs	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 runs	cc
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catches	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 runs	compound:prt
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 direction	case
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 direction	det
15	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	the high plateau	snow and rain					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Theme
2	run off	present	water			every direction			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory

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