Test 1 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

My mate says Hadrian's Wall is the England–Scotland border, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Wall · What happens: say, be, innit · To what, where: Scotland border · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 31 «Borders: why they are where they are» 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	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	Hadrian	Hadrian	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Wall	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hadrian	case
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 border	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 border	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 England	det
9	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 border	nsubj
10	–	-	PUNCT	_	12 border	punct
11	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 border	compound
12	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 border	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	Hadrian's Wall	Scotland border	tree rules
3	innit	infinitive			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

Yes, the Scots built it to keep the English out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Scots	det
4	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 built	nsubj
5	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 built	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 built	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 English	det
10	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	8 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the Scots	it					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
2	keep out	to-infinitive	the Scots not said here	the English					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Theme

Option 2

No, Hadrian's Wall is in Wales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 Wales	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Hadrian	Hadrian	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Wall	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Hadrian	case
5	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Wales	compound
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Wales	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Wales	case
8	Wales	Wales	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				Wall Wales			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it was a Roman frontier and the border today lies to the north of it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 frontier	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 frontier	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 frontier	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 frontier	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 frontier	det
6	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 frontier	amod
7	frontier	frontier	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lies	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 border	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 border	det
10	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frontier	conj
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 frontier	obl:unmarked
12	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 north	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 north	det
15	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lies	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 north	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a Roman frontier and the border			today		tree rules
2	lie	present	a Roman frontier and the border					to the north of north	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, the border still runs exactly along the wall from coast to coast, mate

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 runs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 runs	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 border	det
4	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 runs	advmod
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 runs	advmod
8	along	along	ADP	_	10 wall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wall	det
10	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 coast	case
12	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	nmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 coast	case
14	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coast	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mate	punct
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wall	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	the border			the wall from coast to coast and mate	still	exactly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along wall=Trajectory

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