Test 2 · ★ · Plate tectonics
"my nails grow like 3 cm a year, so plates are basically the same speed??" Is that roughly right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: nails, plates, that · What happens: grow, be · To what, where: same speed
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 42 «Plate tectonics» 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 nails grow like 3 cm a year, so plates are basically the same speed??"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 grow | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 nails | nmod:poss |
| 3 | nails | nail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 cm | case |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 cm | nummod |
| 7 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | obl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 speed | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 speed | advmod |
| 12 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 speed | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 speed | cop |
| 14 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 17 speed | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 speed | det |
| 16 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 speed | amod |
| 17 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obl |
| 18 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 4 grow | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 grow | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | present | my nails | year | like 3 cm | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | plates | the same speed | basically 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: Is that roughly right?
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 | 4 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 right | nsubj |
| 3 | roughly | roughly | ADV | _ | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right, roughly property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, plates don't move at all, they're stuck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 move | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 move | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 move | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 move | advmod |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 move | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stuck | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stuck | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 stuck | cop |
| 12 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 move | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not move | present · do-support | plates | all | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | is | present | plates = plate | stuck property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, plates move about 3 km a year, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 move | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 move | punct |
| 3 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 move | nsubj |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 3 | advmod |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 km | nummod |
| 7 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 move | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 move | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 move | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move about | present | plates | 3 km | year | mate vocative | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme km=Result |
Option 3
No, plates move faster than a car on a road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 move | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 move | punct |
| 3 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 move | nsubj |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 move | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 car | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 car | det |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faster | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 road | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 road | det |
| 11 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | plates | a road | fast property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on road=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, plates move about 2-10 cm a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 move | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 move | nsubj |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 2-10 | advmod |
| 6 | 2-10 | 2-10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 cm | nummod |
| 7 | cm | cm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 move | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 move | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move about | present | plates | 2-10 cm | year | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme cm=Result |
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