Test 1 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

In Europa Universalis 5 you can never sail through Suez. Is that a mistake in the game?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not sail, be · To what, where: Europa, mistake, game

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts» 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 you can never sail through Suez.

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	8 sail	obl
3	Universalis	Universalis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Europa	flat
4	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Europa	flat
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 sail	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sail	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 sail	advmod
8	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	through	through	ADP	_	10 Suez	case
10	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sail	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 sail	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sail	can	you			Europa		through Suez	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through suez=Trajectory

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: Is that a mistake in the game?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mistake	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 mistake	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mistake	det
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 game	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a mistake		the game			tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the canal opened in 1869, long after the game's period ends

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 canal	det
4	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	nsubj
5	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 1869	case
7	1869	1869	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 opened	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 opened	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	14 period	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 period	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 game	case
14	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ends	obl
15	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 opened	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the canal			1869		long property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1869=Location
2	end	present	the canal not said here				after the game's period		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

No, because a canal at Suez has never been opened at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 opened	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 opened	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 canal	det
5	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 opened	nsubj:pass
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Suez	case
7	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 canal	nmod
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 opened	aux
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 opened	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 opened	aux:pass
11	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not open	present · perfect · passive		a canal at Suez		all			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

Yes, the Ottomans opened it in 1517, right in the middle of the game

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Ottomans	det
4	Ottomans	Ottoman	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 opened	nsubj
5	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 opened	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 1517	case
8	1517	1517	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 opened	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 middle	punct
10	right	right	ADV	_	13 middle	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 middle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 middle	det
13	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opened	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 game	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 game	det
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the Ottomans	it		1517		in the middle of the game	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent it=Theme in 1517=Location

Option 4

Yes, Suez has been open since Roman times without a break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 open	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 open	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 open	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 open	cop
6	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	since	since	ADP	_	9 times	case
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 times	amod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 open	obl
10	without	without	ADP	_	12 break	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 break	det
12	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present · perfect	Suez				time	without a break; open property	tree rules

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