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Test 8 · ★ · Borders: why they are where they are

EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337. How is the real past different?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: EU5 · What happens: show, be · To what, where: border

This is test 8 · ★ 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: EU5 shows every border as a sharp line in 1337.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	EU5	EU5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 border	det
4	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 line	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 1337	case
10	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 line	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	EU5	every border				as a sharp line in 1337	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent border=Recipient

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: How is the real past different?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 different	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 different	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 different	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 different	amod
5	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 different	amod
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 different	punct

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

The options

Option 1

There were no countries or rulers at all anywhere in 1337

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 were	expl
2	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 countries	det
4	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 rulers	cc
6	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 countries	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 countries	nmod
9	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 were	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1337	case
11	1337	1337	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 were	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	no countries at all or rulers			1337; there		anywhere property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1337=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many borders were blurry zones, and exact lines came later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 borders	amod
2	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 zones	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 zones	cop
4	blurry	blurry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 zones	amod
5	zones	zone	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 came	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 came	cc
8	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lines	amod
9	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 came	nsubj
10	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 zones	acl:relcl
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Many borders	blurry zones					tree rules
2	come	past	exact lines	blurry zones not said here				late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location zone=Theme

Option 3

Real borders were drawn with GPS back then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 borders	amod
2	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drawn	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drawn	aux:pass
4	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 GPS	case
6	GPS	GPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drawn	obl
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 drawn	advmod
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 drawn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw back	past · passive		Real borders			then	with GPS	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Real borders were exactly as the game shows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 borders	amod
2	borders	border	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shows	cop
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 shows	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 shows	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shows	nsubj
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 borders	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the game	Real borders not said here				exactly, show property	tree rules

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