Test 8 · ★ · Tsunamis
"8000 yrs ago a tsunami hit Scotland?? from what"
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: tsunami · What happens: hit · To what, where: Scotland
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 45 «Tsunamis» 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 | _ | 7 hit | punct |
| 2 | 8000 | 8000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 yrs | nummod |
| 3 | yrs | year | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 4 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 7 hit | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tsunami | det |
| 6 | tsunami | tsunami | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hit | nsubj |
| 7 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 what | csubj |
| 8 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 hit | obj |
| 9 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 7 hit | punct |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 what | case |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit in a quote | past | a tsunami | Scotland | ago property | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scotland=Co-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.
The options
Option 1
A storm that lasted a whole year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 storm | det |
| 2 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lasted | nsubj |
| 4 | lasted | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 storm | acl:relcl |
| 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 | 4 lasted | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past | a storm | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A volcano erupting in Edinburgh, Arthur's Seat
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 | erupting | erupt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 volcano | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Edinburgh | case |
| 5 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 erupting | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Seat | punct |
| 7 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Seat | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Arthur | case |
| 9 | Seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 volcano | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | erupt | gerund | a volcano and Arthur's Seat not said here | Edinburgh | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in edinburgh=Location |
Option 3
A meteorite landing in the Thames
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 landing | det |
| 2 | meteorite | meteorite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 landing | compound |
| 3 | landing | landing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Thames | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Thames | det |
| 6 | Thames | Thames | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 landing | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An underwater landslide off Norway, the Storegga Slide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 landslide | det |
| 2 | underwater | underwater | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 landslide | amod |
| 3 | landslide | landslide | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 Norway | case |
| 5 | Norway | Norway | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 landslide | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Slide | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Slide | det |
| 8 | Storegga | Storegga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Slide | compound |
| 9 | Slide | Slide | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Norway | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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