Test 2 · ★ · Directions, latitude and longitude
Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris. What problem did that cause?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: French, problem · What happens: count, do · To what, where: longitude, Paris, cause
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «Directions, latitude and longitude» 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: Before 1884 the French counted longitude from Paris.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Before | before | ADP | _ | 2 1884 | case |
| 2 | 1884 | 1884 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 counted | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 French | det |
| 4 | French | French | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 counted | nsubj |
| 5 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | longitude | longitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 counted | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 Paris | case |
| 8 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 counted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 counted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | the French | longitude | Paris | before 1884 | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent longitude=Theme |
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 problem did that cause?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 cause | det |
| 5 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | problem | that cause | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Maps from different countries gave different numbers for one place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 countries | case |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 countries | amod |
| 4 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Maps | nmod |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 numbers | amod |
| 7 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 place | nummod |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Maps from different countries | different numbers | for one place | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent number=Theme for place=Asset |
Option 2
The Sun seemed to rise in the west for anyone sailing to France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 seemed | nsubj |
| 3 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 rise | mark |
| 5 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 seemed | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 west | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 west | det |
| 8 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rise | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 anyone | case |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 rise | obl |
| 11 | sailing | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 anyone | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 France | case |
| 13 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sailing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | the Sun | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | rise | to-infinitive | the Sun not said here | the west | for anyone | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in west=Location | |||
| 3 | sail | gerund | France | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to france=Trajectory |
Option 3
Latitude stopped working on French maps and charts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latitude | latitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 stopped | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 maps | case |
| 5 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 maps | amod |
| 6 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 working | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 charts | cc |
| 8 | charts | chart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 maps | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | Latitude | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work | gerund | Latitude not said here | on French maps and charts | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on map=Theme |
Option 4
Ships could not sail to France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sail | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sail | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 sail | advmod |
| 4 | sail | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sail | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sail | could | Ships | France | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to france=Trajectory |
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