Test 1 · Food and farming around the world
My mate says potatoes are an old Irish food, been there forever. True?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, potatoes · What happens: say, be · To what, where: old Irish food · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 26 «Food and farming around the world» 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: My mate says potatoes are an old Irish food, been there forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | potatoes | potato | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 food | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 food | cop |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 food | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 food | amod |
| 8 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 food | amod |
| 9 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 there | punct |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 there | cop |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 food | advmod |
| 13 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 12 there | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | potatoes | a old Irish food | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | participle | forever, there property | 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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, the Romans brought them to Ireland
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 brought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Romans | det |
| 4 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brought | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Ireland | case |
| 8 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the Romans | them = they | Ireland | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to ireland=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, they came from the Andes and reached Europe after 1492
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Andes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Andes | det |
| 7 | Andes | Ande | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 reached | cc |
| 9 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 came | conj |
| 10 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 reached | obj |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 1492 | case |
| 12 | 1492 | 1492 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 reached | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | they | the Andes | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ande=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | reach | past | they not said here | Europe | after 1492 | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent europe=Theme |
Option 3
No, they came from China along the Silk Road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 came | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 China | case |
| 6 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 7 | along | along | ADP | _ | 10 Road | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Road | det |
| 9 | Silk | Silk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Road | compound |
| 10 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | they | China | along the Silk Road | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from china=Initial_Location along road=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the potato was first farmed in Ireland
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 farmed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 potato | det |
| 4 | potato | potato | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 farmed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 farmed | aux:pass |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 farmed | advmod |
| 7 | farmed | farm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Ireland | case |
| 9 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 farmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | farm | past · passive | the potato | Ireland | first property | vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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