Test 2 · The Silk Road
My mate thinks the Silk Road was one big straight road like a motorway. Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Silk Road, you · What happens: think, be, fix · To what, where: one big road, Road · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 28 «The Silk Road» 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 thinks the Silk Road was one big straight road like a motorway.
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 thinks | nsubj |
| 3 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Road | det |
| 5 | Silk | Silk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Road | compound |
| 6 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 road | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 road | cop |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 road | nummod |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 road | amod |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 road | advmod |
| 11 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 thinks | ccomp |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 motorway | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 motorway | det |
| 14 | motorway | motorway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 road | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | My mate | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the Silk Road | one big road | like a motorway; straight 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: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | Road | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
It was a tunnel under the mountains
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 | 4 tunnel | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tunnel | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tunnel | det |
| 4 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 mountains | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mountains | det |
| 7 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tunnel | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a tunnel | the mountains | tree rules |
Option 2
It was a long canal dug through the desert
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 canal | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 canal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 canal | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 canal | amod |
| 5 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 canal | acl |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 desert | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 desert | det |
| 9 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dug | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a long canal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dig | participle | a long canal not said here | the desert | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through desert=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was a web of many routes between oases and markets
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 | 4 web | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 web | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 web | det |
| 4 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 routes | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 routes | amod |
| 7 | routes | route | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 web | nmod |
| 8 | between | between | ADP | _ | 9 oases | case |
| 9 | oases | oasis | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 routes | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 markets | cc |
| 11 | markets | market | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 oases | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a web | of many routes between oases and markets | tree rules |
Option 4
He is right, one paved road ran all the way from China to Rome
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ran | punct |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 road | nummod |
| 6 | paved | pave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 road | amod |
| 7 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | nsubj |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 way | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 way | det |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 China | case |
| 13 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 way | nmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Rome | case |
| 15 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pave | participle | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | run | past | one paved road | all way | Rome | China | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme to rome=Destination from china=Initial_Location |
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