Test 9 · ★★ · Straits: Bosporus, Gibraltar, Malacca, Hormuz and the othe…

«why's the sea down by cape horn so bloody rough» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sea, cape horn · What happens: be · To what, where: best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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 why	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 why	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sea	det
5	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 why	nsubj
6	down	down	ADP	_	2 why	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 horn	case
8	cape	cape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horn	compound
9	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 why	obl
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 rough	advmod
11	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rough	amod
12	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 horn	amod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 rough	punct
14	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 answer	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 answer	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 answer	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 answer	amod
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horn	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the sea					by cape horn and the best answer; why property	tree rules
2	be speech: assert	present	cape horn and the best answer	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

Huge icebergs break off Antarctica every day and their splashes make the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 icebergs	amod
2	icebergs	iceberg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
3	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 break	compound:prt
5	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 make	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 splashes	nmod:poss
10	splashes	splash	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	nsubj
11	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 break	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 waves	det
13	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	break off	present	Huge icebergs	Antarctica	day	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer antarctica=Patient
2	make	present	icebergs's splashes	the waves		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wave=Product
3	splash		icebergs = iceberg			nom splash «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Strong winds and currents race around the world there with no land to stop them

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 winds	amod
2	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 race	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 currents	cc
4	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 winds	conj
5	race	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 race	obl
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 race	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 land	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 land	det
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 race	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 stop	mark
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 race	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	present	Strong winds and currents			the world; there		with no land	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around world=Trajectory
2	stop	to-infinitive	Strong winds and currents not said here	winds = wind					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality

Option 3

Underwater volcanoes keep boiling the water, so it bubbles and heaves all day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Underwater	underwater	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 volcanoes	compound
2	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	boiling	boil	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boiling	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bubbles	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 bubbles	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bubbles	nsubj
10	bubbles	bubble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heaves	cc
12	heaves	heave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bubbles	conj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heaves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep	present	Underwater volcanoes			tree rules
2	boil	gerund	Underwater volcanoes not said here	the water		vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent water=Patient
3	bubble	present	water			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
4	heave	present	water not said here		day	vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is very shallow there, so the waves smash on the sandy bottom like a puddle

The tree, 16 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	4 shallow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shallow	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 shallow	advmod
4	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 shallow	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 smash	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 smash	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 waves	det
9	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 smash	nsubj
10	smash	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shallow	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 bottom	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bottom	det
13	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bottom	amod
14	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smash	obl
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 puddle	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 puddle	det
17	puddle	puddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			there		shallow property	tree rules
2	smash	present	the waves			the sandy bottom		like a puddle	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on bottom=Destination

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