Test 2 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

«one boat gets stuck and the whole world freaks out?? lol» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one boat, whole world · What happens: get, freak out, be · To what, where: best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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	_	4 gets	punct
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 boat	nummod
3	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 freaks	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 world	amod
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 freaks	nsubj
10	freaks	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gets	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 freaks	compound:prt
12	??	??	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	19 answer	discourse
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 lol	punct
15	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 answer	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 answer	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 answer	det
18	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 answer	amod
19	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 gets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present	one boat		stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	freak out in a quote	present	the whole world			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	be speech: assert	present		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

The ship was carrying nearly all the world's food for that year, so people went hungry

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carrying	aux
4	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	6 all	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 food	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 world	det
8	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 world	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 year	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 year	det
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 went	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 went	advmod
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 carrying	conj
18	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 went	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · progressive	the ship	the world's food			year		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	go	past	people					hungry property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Nothing really happened; it was just a news story that people made a fuss about online

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 happened	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 story	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 story	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 story	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 story	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 story	det
9	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 story	compound
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happened	conj
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 made	nsubj
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 made	nsubj
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 story	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 fuss	det
15	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 online	case
17	online	online	ADV	_	13 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	past	Nothing		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	it	a news story	tree rules
3	make	past	a news story	a fuss	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fuss=Product

Option 3

Only Egypt was really affected, because the ship only carried goods for Egyptian shops

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Egypt	advmod
2	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 affected	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 affected	aux:pass
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 affected	advmod
5	affected	affect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 carried	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ship	det
9	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	nsubj
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 carried	advmod
11	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 affected	conj
12	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 carried	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 shops	case
14	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shops	amod
15	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	past · passive		Egypt					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	carry	past	the ship	goods				for Egyptian shops	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A big share of world trade passes through one narrow canal, so a block delays goods everywhere

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 share	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 share	amod
3	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passes	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 trade	case
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trade	compound
6	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 share	nmod
7	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	through	through	ADP	_	11 canal	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 canal	nummod
10	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 canal	amod
11	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passes	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 delays	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 delays	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 block	det
15	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 delays	nsubj
16	delays	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 passes	conj
17	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	16 delays	obj
18	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 delays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pass	present	a big share of world trade		one narrow canal		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through canal=Location
2	delay	present	a block	goods		everywhere property	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent goods=Source
3	share			world trade			nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

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