Test 10 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

«can u see france from dover lol» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: see, be · To what, where: france, dover · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	france	france	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 dover	case
7	dover	dover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 see	discourse
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct
10	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 right	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 see	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	can	u	france		dover			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer france=Stimulus
2	is	present						right property	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

No, the curve of the Earth always hides it, even at 33 km

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 curve	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 curve	det
4	curve	curve	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hides	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 curve	nmod
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 hides	advmod
9	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hides	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 km	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 km	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 km	case
14	33	33	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 km	nummod
15	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the curve of the Earth	Earth		33 km		always property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient at km=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, on a clear day, as the strait is only about 33 km wide

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 day	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 day	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 day	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 km	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	15 km	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 strait	det
10	strait	strait	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 km	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 km	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 33	advmod
13	about	about	ADV	_	14 33	advmod
14	33	33	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 km	nummod
15	km	km	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 wide	obl:unmarked
16	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the strait					as 33 km	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only at night, when the lights of Calais are on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 night	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 on	punct
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 on	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lights	det
10	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 on	nsubj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Calais	case
12	Calais	Calai	PROPN	Number=Plur	10 lights	nmod
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 on	cop
14	on	on	ADV	_	6 night	compound

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the lights of Calais					on property	tree rules
2	light			Calais					nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

No, France is about 500 km away across the open North Sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 away	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 away	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 away	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 500	advmod
6	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 km	nummod
7	km	km	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 away	obl:unmarked
8	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
9	across	across	ADP	_	13 Sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sea	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Sea	amod
12	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Sea	compound
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	France			the open North Sea		500 km obl:unmarked; away property	tree rules

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