Test 6 · Inside the Earth
"bloody hell, they drilled 12 km and didn't even get through the crust??" Is that true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, that · What happens: drill, not get, be · To what, where: bloody hell, crust
This is test 6 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: "bloody hell, they drilled 12 km and didn't even get through the crust??"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 hell | punct |
| 2 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hell | amod |
| 3 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drilled | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hell | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drilled | nsubj |
| 6 | drilled | drill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 km | nummod |
| 8 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drilled | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 get | cc |
| 10 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 get | advmod |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 drilled | conj |
| 14 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 crust | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 crust | det |
| 16 | crust | crust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obl |
| 17 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 13 get | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drill in a quote | past | they | bloody hell | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent km=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not get in a quote | past · do-support | they not said here | the crust | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through crust=Destination |
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 true?
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 true | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, they reached the mantle after 2 km
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 reached | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reached | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reached | nsubj |
| 4 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mantle | det |
| 6 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reached | obj |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 km | case |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 km | nummod |
| 9 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reached | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | they | the mantle | after 2 km | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent mantle=Theme |
Option 2
No, they went right through the mantle and touched the outer core
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 mantle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 mantle | det |
| 8 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 touched | cc |
| 10 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 went | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 core | det |
| 12 | outer | outer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 core | amod |
| 13 | core | core | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 touched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | they | the mantle | right property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through mantle=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | touch | past | they not said here | the outer core | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme core=Co-Theme |
Option 3
No, the hole was only 12 metres deep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 deep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hole | det |
| 4 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deep | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 deep | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 12 | advmod |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 metres | nummod |
| 8 | metres | metre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 deep | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the hole | 12 metres obl:unmarked; deep property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, at Kola the continental crust is much thicker than 12 km
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 10 thicker | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Kola | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 Kola | case |
| 4 | Kola | Kola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 thicker | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 crust | det |
| 6 | continental | continental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 crust | amod |
| 7 | crust | crust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thicker | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 thicker | cop |
| 9 | much | much | ADV | _ | 10 thicker | advmod |
| 10 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 km | case |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 km | nummod |
| 13 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thicker | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Kola | than 12 km; thick property | tree rules |
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