Test 9 · Earthquakes

Why did Lisbon in 1755 suffer so much more than the shaking alone?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lisbon · What happens: suffer · To what, where: more

This is test 9 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 suffer	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Lisbon	aux
3	Lisbon	Lisbon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 suffer	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 1755	case
5	1755	1755	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 Lisbon	nmod
6	suffer	suffer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 more	advmod
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 suffer	obj
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 shaking	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shaking	det
12	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 more	obl
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 shaking	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 suffer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	present	Lisbon in 1755	more					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

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

The city had no buildings at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 city	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 buildings	det
5	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the city	no buildings		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A tsunami and fires followed the earthquake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tsunami	det
2	tsunami	tsunami	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fires	cc
4	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tsunami	conj
5	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earthquake	det
7	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 followed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	a tsunami and fires	the earthquake					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=Theme

Option 3

The quake lasted for a whole year without stopping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quake	det
2	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasted	nsubj
3	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 year	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 year	amod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lasted	obl
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 stopping	mark
9	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lasted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	the quake				year		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	stop	gerund	the quake not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

A volcano erupted right under the city centre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 volcano	det
2	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	erupted	erupt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 volcano	acl
4	right	right	ADV	_	3 erupted	advmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	8 centre	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 centre	det
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 centre	compound
8	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 erupted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	erupt	participle		a volcano not said here		the city centre		right property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under centre=Location

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