Test 10 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

«erie canal, so what, it's just a ditch» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: canal, ditch · What happens: be · To what, where: ditch, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 canal	punct
2	erie	erie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 canal	compound
3	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 what	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 canal	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ditch	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 ditch	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ditch	cop
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 ditch	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ditch	det
12	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 what	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 ditch	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	12 ditch	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 canal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	canal	a ditch and the best answer					tree rules
2	be speech: assert	present	a ditch 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

It linked the Great Lakes to the Mississippi and made New Orleans the leading US port

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	2 linked	nsubj
2	linked	link	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Lakes	det
4	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Lakes	amod
5	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 linked	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Mississippi	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mississippi	det
8	Mississippi	Mississippi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 linked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 linked	conj
11	New	New	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Orleans	amod
12	Orleans	Orleans	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 port	det
14	leading	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 port	amod
15	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 port	compound
16	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	link	past	It	the Great Lakes		to the Mississippi	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent lake=Patient to mississippi=Co-Patient
2	make	past		the leading US port	New Orleans		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset orleans=Beneficiary port=Product
3	lead	gerund					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It linked the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and helped New York become the leading US port

The tree, 18 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	2 linked	nsubj
2	linked	link	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Lakes	det
4	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Lakes	amod
5	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 linked	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 River	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 River	det
8	Hudson	Hudson	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 River	compound
9	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 linked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 helped	cc
11	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 linked	conj
12	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 York	flat
13	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 helped	obj
14	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 helped	xcomp
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 port	det
16	leading	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 port	amod
17	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 port	compound
18	port	port	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	link	past	It	the Great Lakes	to the Hudson River	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent lake=Patient to river=Co-Patient
2	help	past		New York		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent york=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	become	infinitive	New York not said here	the leading US port		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
4	lead	gerund				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Option 3

It was just a small ditch that nobody ever used, and it was filled in after a few years

The tree, 19 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	6 ditch	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ditch	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 ditch	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ditch	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ditch	amod
6	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 used	nsubj:pass
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 used	nsubj
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 used	advmod
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ditch	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 filled	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 filled	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 filled	nsubj:pass
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 filled	aux:pass
15	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ditch	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	15 filled	compound:prt
17	after	after	ADP	_	20 years	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 years	det
19	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 years	amod
20	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a small ditch		tree rules
2	use	participle · passive		a small ditch	ever	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	fill in	past · passive	a small ditch not said here	ditch	year	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It was a canal for carrying drinking water to New York City, not for boats

The tree, 15 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 canal	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 canal	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 canal	det
4	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 carrying	mark
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 canal	acl
7	drinking	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carrying	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 City	case
10	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 York	flat
11	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 City	compound
12	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 carrying	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 boats	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 boats	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 boats	case
16	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 canal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a canal and boats		tree rules
2	carry	gerund	a canal and boats not said here	drinking water	York City	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme to city=Destination
3	drink	gerund				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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