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Test 3 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

Mia says canals are «a modern thing, like from the 1900s». What would you tell her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, canals, you · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: modern thing, Mia · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: Mia says canals are «a modern thing, like from the 1900s».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thing	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 thing	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 1900s	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 1900s	case
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 1900s	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 1900s	det
13	1900s	1900	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	8 thing	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 1900s	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	canals	a modern thing					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.

Sentence 2: What would you tell her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	would	you		Mia				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Only the Romans ever dug canals, and nobody since

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 canals	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Romans	det
3	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 canals	nsubj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 dug	advmod
5	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 canals	amod
6	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 canals	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nobody	cc
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 canals	conj
10	since	since	ADP	_	6 canals	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle					ever		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Parts of China's Grand Canal are over 2,000 years old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 old	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 Canal	case
3	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Canal	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 China	case
5	Grand	Grand	PROPN	_	6 Canal	compound
6	Canal	Canal	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Parts	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 old	cop
8	over	over	ADV	_	9 2,000	advmod
9	2,000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 old	obl:unmarked
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Parts of China's Grand Canal				year	old property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Canals were first dug in the 1800s, when steam engines came in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dug	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dug	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 dug	advmod
4	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 1800s	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 1800s	det
7	1800s	1800	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	4 dug	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 came	punct
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 came	mark
10	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 engines	compound
11	engines	engine	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dug	conj
13	in	in	ADV	_	12 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past · passive		Canals		the 1800s		first property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in 1800=Location
2	come in	past	steam engines						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She is right, the first canal ever dug was at Panama

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Panama	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 canal	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 canal	amod
7	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Panama	nsubj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 dug	advmod
9	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 canal	acl:relcl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 Panama	cop
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Panama	case
12	Panama	Panama	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	dig	participle		the first canal not said here			ever		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the first canal			Panama			tree rules

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