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Test 9 · ★★★ · Winds, monsoons and ocean currents

Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far in the south. Why there?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dutch ships · What happens: race · To what, where: East Indies, Cape

This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: Dutch ships raced from the Cape of Good Hope to the East Indies far in the south.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ships	amod
2	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 raced	nsubj
3	raced	race	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 Cape	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cape	det
6	Cape	Cape	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 raced	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Hope	case
8	Good	Good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Hope	amod
9	Hope	Hope	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Cape	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 Indies	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Indies	det
12	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Indies	compound
13	Indies	Indy	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 raced	obl
14	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 south	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 south	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 south	det
17	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Indies	appos
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 raced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	race	past	Dutch ships		the East Indies	the Cape of Good Hope			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to indy=Destination

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 there?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 Why	expl
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The trade winds blow eastwards near the poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 winds	det
2	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winds	compound
3	winds	wind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blow	nsubj
4	blow	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eastwards	eastward	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blow	obj
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 poles	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poles	det
8	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 blow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	the trade winds	eastwards		the poles			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent eastward=Patient

Option 2

The water there was warmer and smoother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 water	det
2	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 warmer	nsubj
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 was	expl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 water	acl:relcl
5	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 smoother	cc
7	smoother	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 warmer	conj

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Roaring Forties blew them east very fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Roaring	det
2	Roaring	roaring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
3	Forties	Forty	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blew	obj
6	east	east	ADV	_	4 blew	advmod
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 fast	advmod
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 blew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the Roaring	Forties = forty				east, fast property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

The doldrums were calm and safe there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doldrums	det
2	doldrums	doldrum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calm	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calm	cop
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 safe	cc
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calm	conj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 safe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the doldrums					calm property	tree rules
2	be		the doldrums not said here			there			tree rules

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