Test 7 · Volcanoes: how and where
A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres. What type is it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wide sloping volcano, runny lava, type · What happens: slope, pour out, flow, be · To what, where: runny lava, type
This is test 7 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: A wide, gently sloping volcano pours out runny lava that flows for kilometres.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 volcano | det |
| 2 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 volcano | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wide | punct |
| 4 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 5 sloping | advmod |
| 5 | sloping | slope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 volcano | amod |
| 6 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pours | nsubj |
| 7 | pours | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 pours | compound:prt |
| 9 | runny | runny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lava | amod |
| 10 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pours | obj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 flows | nsubj |
| 12 | flows | flow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lava | acl:relcl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 kilometres | case |
| 14 | kilometres | kilometre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 flows | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pours | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slope | gerund | gently property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pour out | present | a wide sloping volcano | runny lava | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lava=Patient | ||||
| 3 | flow | present | runny lava | for kilometres | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What type is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 type | det |
| 2 | type | type | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 it | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 it | cop |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 it | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | what type | type | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
A hotspot ridge cone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cone | det |
| 2 | hotspot | hotspot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ridge | compound |
| 3 | ridge | ridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cone | compound |
| 4 | cone | cone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A shield volcano
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 volcano | det |
| 2 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 volcano | compound |
| 3 | volcano | volcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A stratovolcano
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stratovolcano | det |
| 2 | stratovolcano | stratovolcano | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A caldera
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 caldera | det |
| 2 | caldera | caldera | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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