Test 3 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents
In the game, a fleet sails from Calicut to Aden any month you like. What did real ships do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fleet sails, real ships · What happens: like, do · To what, where: game
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 22 «Winds, monsoons and ocean currents» 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 the game, a fleet sails from Calicut to Aden any month you like.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 like | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sails | det |
| 6 | fleet | fleet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sails | amod |
| 7 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 like | nsubj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Calicut | case |
| 9 | Calicut | Calicut | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sails | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Aden | case |
| 11 | Aden | Aden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sails | nmod |
| 12 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 month | det |
| 13 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 like | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 like | nsubj |
| 15 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | a fleet sails from Calicut to Aden | the game | month | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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 did real ships do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ships | amod |
| 4 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | do | present | real ships | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
They only sailed in winter, when the sea froze
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 sailed | advmod |
| 3 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 winter | case |
| 5 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sailed | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 froze | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 froze | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sea | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 froze | nsubj |
| 10 | froze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sailed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | They | winter | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | freeze | past | the sea | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
They rowed the whole way, so wind did not matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rowed | nsubj |
| 2 | rowed | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rowed | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 matter | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 matter | advmod |
| 8 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 matter | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 matter | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 matter | advmod |
| 11 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 rowed | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | past | They | the whole way | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not matter | past · do-support | wind | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
They also sailed whenever they liked, all year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | also | also | ADV | _ | 3 sailed | advmod |
| 3 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 liked | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 liked | nsubj |
| 6 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sailed | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 year | punct |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sailed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | They | year | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | like | past | they | whenever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They sailed with the monsoon and often waited months for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sailed | nsubj |
| 2 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 monsoon | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 monsoon | det |
| 5 | monsoon | monsoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sailed | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 waited | cc |
| 7 | often | often | ADV | _ | 8 waited | advmod |
| 8 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sailed | conj |
| 9 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 waited | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | They | with the monsoon | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | wait | past | They not said here | month | for monsoon; often property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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