Test 6 · ★ · How empires fell: the map of the 20th century
A friend says Gandhi won India's freedom with a big army. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Gandhi · What happens: say, win, be · To what, where: freedom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 37 «How empires fell: the map of the 20th century» 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: A friend says Gandhi won India's freedom with a big army.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Gandhi | Gandhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 won | nsubj |
| 5 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 freedom | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 India | case |
| 8 | freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 army | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 army | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 army | amod |
| 12 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 won | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | win | past | Gandhi | India's freedom | with a big army | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Eventuality |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Gandhi was British
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gandhi | Gandhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 British | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 British | cop |
| 3 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Gandhi | british property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
India won freedom in 1922
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | freedom | freedom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 1922 | case |
| 5 | 1922 | 1922 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 won | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | India | freedom | 1922 | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He led peaceful campaigns such as the Salt March
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 campaigns | amod |
| 4 | campaigns | campaign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 led | obj |
| 5 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 9 March | case |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 such | fixed |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 March | det |
| 8 | Salt | Salt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 March | compound |
| 9 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 campaigns | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | He | peaceful campaigns | such the Salt March | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent campaign=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, Gandhi was a great general who beat the British
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 general | punct |
| 3 | Gandhi | Gandhi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 general | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 general | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 general | det |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 general | amod |
| 7 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 beat | nsubj |
| 9 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 general | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 British | det |
| 11 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 beat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Gandhi | a great general | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | beat | past | a great general | the British | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location british=Theme |
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