Test 3 · Deserts

In Europa Universalis 5 the Sahara looks like an empty barrier. What is wrong with that picture?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sahara · What happens: look, be

This is test 3 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

Sentence 1: In Europa Universalis 5 the Sahara looks like an empty barrier.

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	7 looks	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Europa	flat
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sahara	det
6	Sahara	Sahara	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 barrier	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 barrier	det
10	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 barrier	amod
11	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the Sahara					like a empty barrier; in Europa	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in europa=Theme

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 is wrong with that picture?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 picture	case
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with that picture; wrong property	tree rules

The options

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

Camel caravans crossed it for centuries, linking West and North Africa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caravans	compound
2	caravans	caravan	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crossed	nsubj
3	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 crossed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 centuries	case
6	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crossed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 linking	punct
8	linking	link	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 crossed	advcl
9	West	west	ADV	_	8 linking	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Africa	cc
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Africa	compound
12	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 linking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past	Camel caravans	it			century		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	link	gerund	Camel caravans not said here					west property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It was full of big cities, with rivers and green fields between them all

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	3 full	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 cities	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cities	amod
6	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 full	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rivers	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 rivers	case
9	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cities	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fields	cc
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fields	amod
12	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cities	conj
13	between	between	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cities	nmod
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					of big cities between fields and rivers and green fields; full property	tree rules

Option 3

Nothing, nobody ever crossed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 crossed	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 crossed	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 crossed	advmod
5	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 crossed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	past	nobody	Nothing			ever		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

It was a sea in 1337

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	4 sea	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sea	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 1337	case
6	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 sea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a sea		1337			tree rules

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