Test 1 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

In Europa Universalis 5, a strait is just a crossing for armies and a good spot for a fort. What does the game leave out?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: strait, game · What happens: be, leave out · To what, where: crossing, Europa

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the other narrow doors» 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, a strait is just a crossing for armies and a good spot for a fort.

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	11 crossing	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Europa	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Europa	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 strait	det
7	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crossing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 crossing	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 crossing	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crossing	det
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 armies	case
13	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 crossing	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 spot	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 spot	det
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 spot	amod
17	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 armies	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 fort	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fort	det
20	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spot	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 crossing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a strait	a crossing		Europa		for armies and a good spot for a fort	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.

Sentence 2: What does the game leave out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 leave	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leave	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 leave	compound:prt
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	present · do-support	the game						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1

Nothing, because all real straits in the world are about the same width and depth

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 width	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 width	mark
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 straits	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 straits	amod
6	straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 width	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 straits	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 width	cop
11	about	about	ADV	_	14 width	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 width	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 width	amod
14	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 depth	cc
16	depth	depth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	all real straits in the world	the same width				about property	tree rules

Option 2

That real ships can never sail through a strait, only armies walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 ships	nsubj
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ships	amod
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sail	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 sail	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 sail	advmod
6	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 strait	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 strait	det
9	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sail	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walk	punct
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 armies	advmod
12	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 walk	nsubj
13	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sail	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	ship		That		tree rules
2	not sail	can	real ships	a strait	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through strait=Trajectory
3	walk	present	armies		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

That real straits are only found on rivers, never between seas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 straits	nsubj
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 straits	amod
3	straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux:pass
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 found	advmod
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 rivers	case
8	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 seas	punct
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 seas	advmod
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 seas	case
12	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strait		That						tree rules
2	find	present · passive		real straits		rivers		between seas	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Straits differ hugely, from 14 km at Gibraltar to 800 km of rough sea at Drake

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Straits	strait	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 differ	nsubj
2	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hugely	hugely	ADV	_	2 differ	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 km	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 km	case
6	14	14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 km	nummod
7	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 differ	parataxis
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 Gibraltar	case
9	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 km	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 km	case
11	800	800	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 km	nummod
12	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 km	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 sea	amod
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 km	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 Drake	case
17	Drake	Drake	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 sea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	Straits					hugely property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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