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Test 1 · Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires

My teacher said Columbus discovered the Earth was round. That right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Columbus, Earth · What happens: say, discover, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 33 «Castile, Portugal and the first sea empires» 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 teacher said Columbus discovered the Earth was round.

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 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 discovered	nsubj
5	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 round	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 round	cop
9	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 discovered	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	My teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	discover	past	Columbus						vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the Earth					round 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: That right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 right	nsubj
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 right	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Yes, before 1492 everyone thought it was flat, even the kings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thought	punct
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 thought	mark
4	1492	1492	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 everyone	nummod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flat	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 flat	cop
9	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thought	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kings	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	13 kings	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kings	det
13	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	everyone						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					flat property	tree rules

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

No, educated people already knew, he just thought it was smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 knew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	educated	educate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 knew	nsubj
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 knew	advmod
6	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 thought	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 knew	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thought	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 thought	advmod
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 smaller	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 smaller	cop
13	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	educate speech: other	participle							vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	know	past	educated people						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	it					small property	tree rules

Option 3

No, Columbus proved it was flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 proved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Columbus	Columbus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 proved	nsubj
4	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 flat	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 flat	cop
7	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 proved	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	Columbus						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	it					flat property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, and Magellan later proved it was shaped like an egg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 proved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proved	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 proved	cc
4	Magellan	Magellan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 proved	nsubj
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 proved	advmod
6	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shaped	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 shaped	aux:pass
9	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 proved	ccomp
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 egg	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 egg	det
12	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shaped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	past	Magellan					late property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	shape	past · passive		it				like a egg	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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