Test 4 · ★★★ · Canals: Suez, Panama and the shortcuts

«why's panama got locks and suez hasn't, that's dumb» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: panama, suez, that · What happens: get, not have, be · To what, where: locks, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ 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	_	5 got	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 got	advmod
3	's	's	PART	_	2 why	case
4	panama	panama	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 has	cc
8	suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	conj
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 has	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 dumb	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 dumb	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dumb	cop
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 has	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 dumb	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 answer	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 answer	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 answer	amod
20	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dumb	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past	panama	locks		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lock=Stimulus
2	not have in a quote	present	suez			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	that		dumb property	tree rules
4	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 right answer

Panama crosses hills, so locks lift ships; Suez crosses flat land between seas at about the same level

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Panama	Panama	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 crosses	nsubj
2	crosses	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crosses	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lift	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 lift	advmod
6	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lift	nsubj
7	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crosses	conj
8	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lift	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 crosses	punct
10	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 crosses	nsubj
11	crosses	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crosses	conj
12	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 land	amod
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crosses	obj
14	between	between	ADP	_	15 seas	case
15	seas	sea	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 land	nmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	20 level	case
17	about	about	ADV	_	20 level	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 level	det
19	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 level	amod
20	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crosses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cross	present	Panama	hills			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=Patient
2	lift	present	locks	ships			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme
3	cross	present	Suez	flat land	the same level	between seas	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient

Option 2

Locks were only invented after Suez opened, so it was too late to add them to that canal

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 invented	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 invented	advmod
4	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 opened	mark
6	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 opened	nsubj
7	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 invented	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 late	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 late	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 late	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 late	cop
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 late	advmod
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 invented	parataxis
14	to	to	PART	_	15 add	mark
15	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 late	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 add	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 canal	case
18	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 canal	det
19	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		Locks		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	open	past	Suez			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	it		late property	tree rules
4	add speech: assert	to-infinitive		Locks = lock	to that canal	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to canal=Co-Patient

Option 3

Suez is much older, and old canals were built before anyone thought they would need locks

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suez	Suez	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 older	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 older	cop
3	much	much	ADV	_	4 older	advmod
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 built	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 built	cc
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 canals	amod
8	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 built	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 built	aux:pass
10	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 older	parataxis
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 thought	mark
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 thought	nsubj
13	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 built	advcl
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 need	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 need	aux
16	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 thought	ccomp
17	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Suez		old property	tree rules
2	build	past · passive		old canals		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	think speech: other	past	anyone			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	need	would	canals = canal	locks		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lock=Theme

Option 4

Panama's ships are far heavier, and heavy ships can only cross water if they use locks

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Panama	Panama	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ships	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Panama	case
3	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heavier	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heavier	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 heavier	advmod
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cross	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cross	cc
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ships	amod
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cross	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 cross	aux
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 cross	advmod
13	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 heavier	parataxis
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cross	obj
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	17 use	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 use	nsubj
17	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cross	advcl
18	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Panama's ships		far, heavy property	tree rules
2	cross	can	heavy ships	water		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient
3	use a condition, not said to happen	present	ships = ship	locks		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient

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