Test 10 · Inside the Earth

Your little brother asks: "Are the plates under the oceans made of just the crust?" What's the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little brother, best answer · What happens: ask, be, make · To what, where: plates, oceans · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 of lesson 41 «Inside the Earth» 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: Your little brother asks: "Are the plates under the oceans made of just the crust?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 plates	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 plates	punct
7	Are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 plates	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plates	det
9	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 asks	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 oceans	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 oceans	det
12	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plates	nmod
13	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 oceans	acl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 crust	case
15	just	just	ADV	_	17 crust	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 crust	det
17	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 plates	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Your little brother				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		the plates	the oceans		tree rules
3	make in a quote	participle		the oceans not said here		of the crust	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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's the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, plates are made of seawater ice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 plates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	seawater	seawater	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ice	compound
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		plates				of seawater ice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

Yes, plates are only the thin crust under the sea floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 crust	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 crust	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 crust	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 crust	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 crust	det
7	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crust	amod
8	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	under	under	ADP	_	12 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 floor	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 floor	compound
12	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crust	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	plates	the thin crust		the sea floor			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, plates are the crust plus the stiff top of the mantle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 crust	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crust	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crust	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crust	det
6	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	10 top	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 top	det
9	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 top	amod
10	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crust	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 mantle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mantle	det
13	mantle	mantle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	plates	the crust plus the stiff top of the mantle					tree rules

Option 4

No, plates are pieces of the outer core

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 plates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pieces	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pieces	cop
5	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 core	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 core	det
8	outer	outer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 core	amod
9	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	plates	pieces				of the outer core	tree rules

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