Test 4 · Population and cities

Why did London grow where it did?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: London, it · What happens: grow, do

This is test 4 of lesson 24 «Population and cities» 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	4 grow	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
3	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grow	nsubj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 did	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · do-support	London						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	it						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

A king picked a random spot on a map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	nsubj
3	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 spot	det
5	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spot	amod
6	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	past	a king	a random spot		a map			vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was the lowest point where the Thames could be bridged

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 point	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 point	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 point	det
4	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 point	amod
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 bridged	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Thames	det
8	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bridged	nsubj:pass
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 bridged	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 bridged	aux:pass
11	bridged	bridge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 point	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the lowest point					tree rules
2	bridge	could · passive		the Thames					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 3

It was the farthest place from the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 place	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	farthest	far	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the farthest place		the sea			tree rules

Option 4

It was on the highest hill in England, safe from floods and enemies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hill	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hill	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 hill	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 hill	amod
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 England	case
8	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hill	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hill	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 floods	case
12	floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 safe	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 enemies	cc
14	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 floods	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It			the highest hill		in England	tree rules

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