Test 6 · Deserts

«how do they know the sahara was green, were they there lol» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, sahara · What happens: know, be · To what, where: best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	_	5 know	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 know	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sahara	det
7	sahara	sahara	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 green	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 green	cop
9	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 know	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 there	punct
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 there	cop
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 there	nsubj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 know	ccomp
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	20 answer	discourse
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 lol	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	13 there	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present · do-support	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is in a quote	past	the sahara		green property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	past	they		there property	tree rules
4	be speech: assert	present		the 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 · ← Mova's choice

A film from that time shows it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 film	det
2	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 time	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 time	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 film	nmod
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a film from that time	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 2

The camels told them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camels	det
2	camels	camel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the camels		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rock paintings of swimmers and cattle, and old lake beds, show it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paintings	compound
2	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 show	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 swimmers	case
4	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paintings	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cattle	cc
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swimmers	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 beds	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 beds	cc
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 beds	amod
10	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beds	compound
11	beds	bed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 paintings	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 paintings	punct
13	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Rock paintings of swimmers and cattle and old lake beds	it					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4

Nobody knows, it is only a guess made from looking at the sand today

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 guess	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 guess	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guess	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 guess	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guess	det
8	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	ccomp
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 guess	acl
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 looking	mark
11	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 made	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 sand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sand	det
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 looking	obl
15	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	it	a guess			tree rules
3	make	participle		a guess not said here	today		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	look	gerund				at the sand	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sand=Theme

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