Test 10 · ★★ · Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes

Why is Iceland one of the few countries that heats almost all homes from the ground?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: few countries · What happens: be, heat · To what, where: one, homes, ground

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Famous eruptions and living with volcanoes» 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	4 one	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	Iceland	Iceland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 one	nmod:unmarked
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 countries	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 countries	det
7	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 countries	amod
8	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 one	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 heats	nsubj
10	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 countries	acl:relcl
11	almost	almost	ADV	_	12 all	advmod
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 homes	det
13	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 heats	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 homes	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		one				of the few countries; Iceland nmod:unmarked	tree rules
2	heat	present	the few countries	all homes		the ground			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent home=Patient

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

It is closer to the Sun than any other country on Earth, so its rocks are warm

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	than	than	ADP	_	10 country	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 country	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 country	amod
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 Earth	case
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 country	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 warm	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 warm	advmod
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 rocks	nmod:poss
16	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 warm	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 warm	cop
18	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 closer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to the Sun; than any other country on Earth; close property	tree rules
2	is	present	country's rocks					warm property	tree rules

Option 2

It imports hot water from Africa in huge tanker ships every single month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 imports	nsubj
2	imports	import	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imports	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Africa	case
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 imports	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 ships	case
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ships	amod
9	tanker	tanker	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ships	compound
10	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 imports	obl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 month	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 month	amod
13	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imports	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	import	present	It	hot water		Africa	month	in huge tanker ships	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from africa=Initial_Location

Option 3

It burns all its forests for heat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 burns	nsubj
2	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 forests	det:predet
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 forests	nmod:poss
5	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 burns	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 heat	case
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	It	its forests				for heat	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It sits on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, with volcanic heat close to the surface

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 Ridge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Ridge	det
5	Mid-Atlantic	Mid-Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Ridge	compound
6	Ridge	Ridge	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 heat	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 heat	case
9	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heat	amod
10	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 heat	amod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 surface	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 surface	det
14	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	It			the Mid-Atlantic Ridge		with volcanic heat	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ridge=Location

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