Test 1 · ★★★ · Moving continents: from Pangaea to today

Your friend says: "The continents have always been where they are now, maps never change." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, continents, you · What happens: say, be, not change, put · To what, where: friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Moving continents: from Pangaea to today» 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 friend says: "The continents have always been where they are now, maps never change."

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	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 change	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 change	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 continents	det
7	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 change	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 where	aux
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 where	advmod
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 where	cop
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 now	conj
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 now	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 now	cop
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 change	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 now	punct
16	maps	map	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 change	nsubj
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 change	advmod
18	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 change	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present · perfect	continents = continent not said here	always, where property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	continents = continent	now property	tree rules
4	not change in a quote	present	the continents		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		friend			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

They move, but only in big earthquakes, a whole kilometre at a time

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 earthquakes	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 earthquakes	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 earthquakes	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 earthquakes	case
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 earthquakes	amod
8	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 move	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kilometre	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kilometre	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kilometre	amod
12	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 time	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	They	a whole kilometre		big earthquakes	time		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in earthquake=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They drift a few cm a year, and once were joined in Pangaea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drift	nsubj
2	drift	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cm	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cm	amod
5	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drift	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drift	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 joined	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 joined	cc
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 joined	advmod
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 joined	aux:pass
12	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drift	parataxis
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Pangaea	case
14	Pangaea	Pangaea	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift	present	They	a few cm			year		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cm=Agent
2	join	past · passive						in Pangaea; once property	vn cooperate-73.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: in pangaea=Theme

Option 3

They used to be much further apart than today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 apart	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 apart	cop
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 further	advmod
6	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 apart	advmod
7	apart	apart	ADV	_	2 used	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 apart	fixed
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	They				today		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive						apart, far property	tree rules

Option 4

She's right, only the oceans move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 move	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 oceans	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oceans	det
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 move	nsubj
8	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	move	present	the oceans						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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