Test 8 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle
Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down. What lies under the mud and sand?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother · What happens: think, make, lie · To what, where: ocean floor, mud · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» 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: Your little brother thinks the ocean floor is made of sand all the way down.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 brother | amod |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 6 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floor | compound |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sand | case |
| 11 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 way | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 down | obl |
| 15 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 made | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Your little brother | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | present · passive | the ocean floor | of sand; down property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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 lies under the mud and sand?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 lies | nsubj |
| 2 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 mud | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mud | det |
| 5 | mud | mud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lies | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sand | cc |
| 7 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mud | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 lies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the mud and sand | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under mud=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mostly basalt from runny lava
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 basalt | advmod |
| 2 | basalt | basalt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 lava | case |
| 4 | runny | runny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lava | amod |
| 5 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 basalt | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Mostly granite with big crystals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 granite | advmod |
| 2 | granite | granite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 crystals | case |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crystals | amod |
| 5 | crystals | crystal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 granite | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Mostly chalk made of shells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 chalk | advmod |
| 2 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 chalk | acl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 shells | case |
| 5 | shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | chalk not said here | of shells | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 4
Mostly ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 2 ice | advmod |
| 2 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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