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Test 4 · ★ · Plate tectonics

The Himalayas still grow a few millimetres a year. Which kind of plate edge explains this?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Himalayas, kind · What happens: grow, explain · To what, where: few millimetres, this

This is test 4 · ★ 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: The Himalayas still grow a few millimetres a year.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Himalayas	det
2	Himalayas	Himalaya	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 grow	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 grow	advmod
4	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 millimetres	det
6	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 millimetres	amod
7	millimetres	millimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 year	det
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	the Himalayas	a few millimetres			still; year		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location millimetre=Theme

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: Which kind of plate edge explains this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 explains	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 edge	compound
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
6	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 explains	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 explains	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	present	which kind of plate edge	this					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic

The options

Option 1

Two plates pulling apart and making new sea floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 plates	nummod
2	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	pulling	pull	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 plates	acl
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 pulling	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 making	cc
6	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 pulling	conj
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 floor	amod
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 floor	compound
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 making	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull apart	gerund	Two plates not said here					apart property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	gerund	Two plates not said here	new sea floor					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset floor=Product

Option 2

An ocean plate sinking under a continent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plate	det
2	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plate	compound
3	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 plate	acl
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 continent	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 continent	det
7	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	gerund	a ocean plate not said here			a continent			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Two continents colliding and crumpling the crust upwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 continents	nummod
2	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	colliding	collide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 continents	acl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 crumpling	cc
5	crumpling	crumple	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 colliding	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crust	det
7	crust	crust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crumpling	obj
8	upwards	upwards	ADV	_	5 crumpling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collide	gerund	Two continents not said here						vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
2	crumple	gerund	Two continents not said here	the crust				upwards property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent crust=Patient

Option 4

Two plates sliding past sideways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 plates	nummod
2	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	sliding	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 plates	acl
4	past	past	ADP	_	5 sideways	case
5	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	3 sliding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	gerund	Two plates not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past sideways=Trajectory

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