Test 2 · Volcanoes: how and where
In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: character · What happens: outrun, be · To what, where: pyroclastic flow, game
This is test 2 of lesson 46 «Volcanoes: how and where» 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: In a game, a character outruns a pyroclastic flow on foot.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 outruns | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 character | det |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 outruns | nsubj |
| 7 | outruns | outrun | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 flow | det |
| 9 | pyroclastic | pyroclastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 flow | amod |
| 10 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 outruns | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 foot | case |
| 12 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 flow | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 outruns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outrun | present | a character | a pyroclastic flow | a game | on foot | 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.
Sentence 2: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They only ever move uphill, never down
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 | 4 move | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 move | advmod |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | uphill | uphill | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 down | punct |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 down | advmod |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | infinitive | They | ever | down, uphill property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
They are made of cool water
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 | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 5 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | They | of cool water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3
Nothing, they move at walking pace, so anyone fit can get away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 move | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 move | nsubj |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 6 walking | mark |
| 6 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 move | advcl |
| 7 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walking | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 get | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 fit | compound |
| 11 | fit | fit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 move | conj |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | they | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | they not said here | pace | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pace=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | get away | can | anyone fit | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Pyroclastic flows race at over 100 km/h, far faster than a runner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyroclastic | pyroclastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 flows | amod |
| 2 | flows | flow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 race | nsubj |
| 3 | race | race | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 km/h | case |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 100 | advmod |
| 6 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 km/h | nummod |
| 7 | km/h | km/h | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 race | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 faster | punct |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 faster | advmod |
| 10 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 race | conj |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 runner | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 runner | det |
| 13 | runner | runner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | race | present | Pyroclastic flows | 100 km/h | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at km/h=Trajectory |
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