Test 6 · Earthquakes

"crap, the house shook a bit last night in Lincolnshire, is that even possible in England?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crap · What happens: shake, be · To what, where: Lincolnshire, England

This is test 6 of lesson 44 «Earthquakes» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 crap	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shook	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 house	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 house	det
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crap	conj
6	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 last	obl:unmarked
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 night	amod
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shook	obl:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Lincolnshire	case
12	Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shook	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 possible	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 possible	cop
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 possible	mark
16	even	even	ADV	_	17 possible	advmod
17	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shook	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 England	case
19	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 possible	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 possible	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 shook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shake in a quote	past	crap and the house			Lincolnshire	night		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lincolnshire=Location
2	is in a quote	present				England		possible 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it must have been a lorry, England has never had one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 lorry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lorry	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 lorry	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 lorry	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 lorry	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lorry	det
8	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 had	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 England	punct
10	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lorry	appos
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 had	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 had	advmod
13	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must · perfect	it	a lorry					tree rules
2	not have	present · perfect		one					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 2

No, earthquakes only happen in hot countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 earthquakes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 countries	case
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 countries	amod
8	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	earthquakes			hot countries			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in country=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, Britain has small earthquakes and a few are felt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 earthquakes	amod
6	earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 felt	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 few	det
9	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 felt	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 felt	aux:pass
11	felt	feel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Britain	small earthquakes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Patient
2	feel	present · passive		a few					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only if there is a volcano somewhere near you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 somewhere	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 is	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 is	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 is	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 is	expl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 somewhere	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 volcano	det
9	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 is	nsubj
10	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	root	root
11	near	near	ADP	_	12 you	case
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 somewhere	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						near you; somewhere property	tree rules

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