Test 8 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

Why does floating plastic collect in the middle of the North Pacific?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: float · To what, where: plastic collect, middle

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 floating	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 floating	aux
3	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 collect	amod
5	collect	collect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floating	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 floating	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Pacific	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Pacific	det
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Pacific	compound
12	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 middle	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 floating	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present · do-support		plastic collect		the middle of the North Pacific			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent collect=Theme in middle=Trajectory

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

The gyre's currents circle around and trap it in the centre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gyre	det
2	gyre	gyre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 currents	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 gyre	case
4	currents	current	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 circle	nsubj
5	circle	circle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	around	around	ADV	_	5 circle	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trap	cc
8	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 circle	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trap	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 centre	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 centre	det
12	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle around	present	the gyre's currents					around property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	trap	infinitive	the gyre's currents not said here	gyre		the centre			vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in centre=Destination

Option 2

The plastic sinks and then rises in one spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sinks	det
2	plastic	plastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sinks	amod
3	sinks	sink	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rises	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 rises	advmod
6	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sinks	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 spot	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 spot	nummod
9	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rises	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present				one spot	then		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in spot=Location

Option 3

The wind always blows towards the middle of every ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blows	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 blows	advmod
4	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blows	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 ocean	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 ocean	det
10	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	the wind					towards the middle of every ocean; always property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards middle=Recipient

Option 4

Ships dump all their rubbish in one place on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dump	nsubj
2	dump	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rubbish	det:predet
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 rubbish	nmod:poss
5	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dump	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 place	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 place	nummod
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dump	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dump	present	Ships	Ships's rubbish		one place		on purpose	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent rubbish=Theme in place=Trajectory

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