Test 3 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are
In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine. What real idea is the game showing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: France, real idea, game · What happens: keep, fight, reach, be, show · To what, where: EU5, Rhine, game
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In EU5, France keeps fighting to reach the Rhine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 EU5 | case |
| 2 | EU5 | EU5 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 EU5 | punct |
| 4 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | nsubj |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keeps | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 reach | mark |
| 8 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 fighting | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Rhine | det |
| 10 | Rhine | Rhine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 reach | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | France | EU5 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight | gerund | France not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | reach | to-infinitive | France not said here | the Rhine | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent rhine=Theme |
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: What real idea is the game showing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 idea | amod |
| 3 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 game | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 game | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | showing | show | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 game | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real idea | the game | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | gerund | the game not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Germans did not live along the Rhine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germans | german | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 live | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 live | advmod |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | along | along | ADP | _ | 7 Rhine | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rhine | det |
| 7 | Rhine | Rhine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | past · do-support | Germans | the Rhine | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along rhine=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
French kings' old dream of "natural frontiers" on the Rhine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kings | amod |
| 2 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dream | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 kings | case |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dream | amod |
| 5 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 frontiers | case |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 frontiers | punct |
| 8 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 frontiers | amod |
| 9 | frontiers | frontier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dream | nmod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 frontiers | punct |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 Rhine | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Rhine | det |
| 13 | Rhine | Rhine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 frontiers | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dream | French kings | natural frontiers on the Rhine | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
Option 3
The Rhine was the only river in Europe with fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rhine | det |
| 2 | Rhine | Rhine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 river | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 river | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 river | det |
| 5 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 river | amod |
| 6 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Europe | case |
| 8 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 river | nmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 fish | case |
| 10 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 river | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Rhine | the only river | Europe | with fish | tree rules |
Option 4
The Rhine was France's border in 1337 already
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rhine | det |
| 2 | Rhine | Rhine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 border | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 border | cop |
| 4 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 border | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 France | case |
| 6 | border | border | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1337 | case |
| 8 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 border | nmod |
| 9 | already | already | ADV | _ | 8 1337 | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Rhine | France's border | 1337 | tree rules |
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