Test 5 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

Off Peru the fishing is some of the richest in the world, yet the shore is desert. Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fishing, shore · What happens: be · To what, where: world, desert

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Off Peru the fishing is some of the richest in the world, yet the shore is desert.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Off	off	ADP	_	2 Peru	case
2	Peru	Peru	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 richest	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fishing	det
4	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 richest	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 richest	cop
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 richest	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 richest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 richest	det
9	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 richest	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 desert	punct
14	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	18 desert	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shore	det
16	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 desert	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 desert	cop
18	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 richest	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 richest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the fishing			the world		off Peru; rich property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the shore	desert					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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

The fishing boats' smoke scares the rain clouds away from the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boats	det
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boats	compound
3	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smoke	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 boats	case
5	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scares	nsubj
6	scares	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clouds	det
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clouds	compound
9	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scares	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	6 scares	advmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 land	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 land	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	present	the fishing boats's smoke	the rain clouds				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cloud=Experiencer
2	smoke		the fishing boats						nom smoke «phenomenon intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The hot desert sand blows into the sea and feeds the fish there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sand	det
2	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sand	amod
3	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sand	compound
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blows	nsubj
5	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blows	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feeds	cc
10	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blows	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fish	det
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feeds	obj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 feeds	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	the hot desert sand			the sea			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sea=Product
2	feed	present	the hot desert sand not said here		the fish	there			vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cold Humboldt Current brings food for fish but little rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Current	det
2	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Current	amod
3	Humboldt	Humboldt	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Current	compound
4	Current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	nsubj
5	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 fish	case
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brings	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 rain	cc
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rain	amod
11	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the cold Humboldt Current	food				for fish but little rain	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 4

Warm water there makes it rain out at sea but never over the shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 water	amod
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 water	advmod
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	4 makes	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 shore	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 shore	advmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 shore	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shore	det
14	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sea	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make out	present	Warm water	it		sea but the shore			tree rules

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