Test 4 · ★★ · Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands
You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands. Is that possible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, that · What happens: stand, be · To what, where: kitchen
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 39 «Odd places: microstates, enclaves and disputed lands» 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: You stand in a kitchen in Baarle with one foot in Belgium and one in the Netherlands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 stand | nsubj |
| 2 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 kitchen | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kitchen | det |
| 5 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Baarle | case |
| 7 | Baarle | Baarle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 foot | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 foot | nummod |
| 10 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Belgium | case |
| 12 | Belgium | Belgium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 foot | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Netherlands | cc |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 Netherlands | nummod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Netherlands | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Netherlands | det |
| 17 | Netherlands | Netherlands | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Belgium | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | You | a kitchen | in Baarle; with one foot in Belgium and the one Netherlands | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Location |
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: Is that possible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 possible | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 possible | nsubj |
| 3 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 possible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | possible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, borders are never allowed to cross houses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cross | mark |
| 8 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cross | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | borders | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | cross not said to happen | to-infinitive | borders not said here | houses | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the border runs through some houses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 runs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 border | det |
| 4 | border | border | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 runs | nsubj |
| 5 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 houses | case |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 houses | det |
| 8 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 runs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | the border | some houses | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through house=Trajectory |
Option 3
Only in a video game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 game | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 game | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 game | compound |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Only in the year 1337
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 year | advmod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 year | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 year | det |
| 4 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | 1337 | 1337 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 year | flat |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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