Test 11 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade

Why are containers so useful for trade?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» 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	5 useful	advmod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 useful	cop
3	containers	container	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 useful	advmod
5	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 trade	case
7	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 useful	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 useful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for trade; useful 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They float on their own without a ship, so they can be towed in long lines across the sea

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 float	nsubj
2	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 own	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 own	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 float	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 ship	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ship	det
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 float	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 towed	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 towed	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 towed	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 towed	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 towed	aux:pass
14	towed	tow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 float	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 lines	case
16	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 lines	amod
17	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 towed	obl
18	across	across	ADP	_	20 sea	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sea	det
20	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 towed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	They			their own		without a ship	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory
2	tow	can · passive		they		long lines		across the sea	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Each one is a different shape for each good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shape	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shape	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shape	amod
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 shape	nmod
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	each one	a different shape				for each	tree rules

Option 3

They keep everything inside warm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 keep	obj
4	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 warm	case
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	They	everything		warm			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent everything=Theme inside warm=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They are all one size, so cranes, ships, trains and lorries handle them fast

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 size	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 size	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	5 size	advmod
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 size	nummod
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 handle	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	15 handle	advmod
8	cranes	crane	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 handle	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ships	punct
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cranes	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 trains	punct
12	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cranes	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lorries	cc
14	lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cranes	conj
15	handle	handle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 size	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 handle	obj
17	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 handle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	one size				all property	tree rules
2	handle	present	cranes and ships and trains and lorries	lorries = lorry				fast property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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