Test 5 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

wtf, why's the border between Egypt and Libya just a straight line, did they run out of hills or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wtf · What happens: be, run · To what, where: border, hills

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wtf	wtf	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 run	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 border	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 border	advmod
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 border	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 border	det
6	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wtf	nmod
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 Egypt	case
8	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 border	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 Libya	cc
10	Libya	Libya	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Egypt	conj
11	just	just	ADV	_	14 line	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 line	det
13	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 line	amod
14	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Libya	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 wtf	punct
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 run	aux
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 run	nsubj
18	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	out	out	ADP	_	21 hills	case
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 hills	case
21	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 run	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 what	cc
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 hills	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the border				between Egypt and Libya a straight line	tree rules
2	run	past · do-support	wtf			hills			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out hill=Trajectory

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

The Romans built a straight wall there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Romans	det
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wall	det
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wall	amod
6	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 built	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	the Romans	a straight wall		there			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Product

Option 2

Egypt and Libya are perfectly flat everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 flat	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Libya	cc
3	Libya	Libya	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Egypt	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 flat	cop
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	6 flat	advmod
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 flat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Egypt and Libya					everywhere, flat, perfectly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Outsiders drew it with a ruler on a map

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Outsiders	outsider	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 ruler	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ruler	det
6	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 map	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 map	det
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	Outsiders	it		a map		with a ruler	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on map=Destination

Option 4

A straight river used to run there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 river	det
2	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 river	amod
3	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 river	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 run	mark
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle		a straight river not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run	to-infinitive				there			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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