Test 8 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

«spain and morocco are like right next to each other innit» Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spain · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	_	2 spain	punct
2	spain	spain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 right	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 morocco	cc
4	morocco	morocco	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spain	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 next	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 next	case
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 next	advmod
8	next	next	ADV	_	2 spain	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 innit	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 innit	det
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 innit	amod
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 next	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 spain	punct
14	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 right	cop
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 right	nsubj
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	spain and morocco not said here					to each other innit; next, right property	tree rules
2	is	present	spain and morocco					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, they are on different oceans with Portugal between them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 oceans	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 oceans	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 oceans	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 oceans	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 oceans	amod
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 Portugal	case
9	Portugal	Portugal	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 oceans	nmod
10	between	between	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 oceans	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they			different oceans		with Portugal; between oceans = ocean	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, only about 14 km of sea separate them at the narrowest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 km	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 14	advmod
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 14	advmod
5	14	14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 km	nummod
6	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separate	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sea	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 km	nmod
9	separate	separate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 separate	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 narrowest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 narrowest	det
13	narrowest	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 separate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	separate	present	14 km of sea	them = they		the narrowest			vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

No, Africa and Europe are thousands of km apart at Gibraltar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 Africa	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Africa	punct
3	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thousands	nmod:poss
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Europe	cc
5	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Africa	conj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thousands	cop
7	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 km	case
9	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thousands	nmod
10	apart	apart	ADV	_	7 thousands	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Gibraltar	case
12	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 apart	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Africa and Europe's thousands				of km; apart property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, a long road bridge has joined them at Gibraltar for years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 joined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bridge	amod
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bridge	compound
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 joined	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joined	aux
8	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joined	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 Gibraltar	case
11	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 joined	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 years	case
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present · perfect	a long road bridge	them = they		Gibraltar	year		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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