Test 10 · Deserts

«why do most aussies live on the coast?? the outback's massive» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: most aussies · What happens: do, live, be · To what, where: coast, massive best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 18 «Deserts» 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	_	3 do	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 do	advmod
3	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 aussies	amod
5	aussies	aussie	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 do	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 coast	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coast	det
9	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	??	??	PUNCT	_	3 do	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 outback	det
12	outback	outback	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 answer	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 outback	case
14	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 answer	amod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 massive	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 answer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 do	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do in a quote	present				tree rules
2	live in a quote	present	most aussies		the coast	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location
3	be speech: assert	present		the outback's massive 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

It is against the law to live inland

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	5 law	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 law	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 law	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 live	mark
7	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 law	acl
8	inland	inland	ADV	_	7 live	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					against the law	tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive						inland property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Most of the inland is very dry, while the coasts get more rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 dry	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 inland	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 inland	det
4	inland	inland	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Most	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dry	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 dry	advmod
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coasts	det
11	coasts	coast	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dry	parataxis
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 rain	amod
14	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Most of the inland					dry property	tree rules
2	get	present	the coasts	more rain					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rain=Stimulus

Option 3

The outback is under the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 outback	det
2	outback	outback	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sea	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sea	cop
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 sea	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sea	det
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

The inland is covered in ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 inland	det
2	inland	inland	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 covered	aux:pass
4	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 ice	case
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the inland				in ice	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in ice=Theme

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