Test 11 · Continents and oceans

Why do most of the world's people and the EU5 map's great powers lie in the north?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: great powers · What happens: do, lie · To what, where: most, north

This is test 11 of lesson 5 «Continents and oceans» 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	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 do	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 world	det
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 people	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 world	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 most	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 lie	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 map	det
11	EU5	EU5	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 map	compound
12	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 powers	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 map	case
14	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 powers	amod
15	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 lie	nsubj
16	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 do	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 north	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 north	det
19	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 lie	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		most of the world's people					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Eventuality
2	lie	present	the EU5 map's great powers			the north			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in north=Location

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

About two-thirds of the land is in the northern hemisphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADV	_	4 thirds	advmod
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 thirds	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 two	punct
4	thirds	third	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hemisphere	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 land	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 land	det
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thirds	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hemisphere	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 hemisphere	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hemisphere	det
11	northern	northern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hemisphere	amod
12	hemisphere	hemisphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	two thirds of the land			the northern hemisphere			tree rules

Option 2

The south is all ice and cold deserts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 south	det
2	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ice	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ice	cop
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 ice	det
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 deserts	cc
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deserts	amod
8	deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the south	all ice and cold deserts					tree rules

Option 3

The south has no rivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 south	det
2	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 rivers	det
5	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the south	no rivers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient

Option 4

The game hides the southern lands from the players on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	nsubj
3	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lands	det
5	southern	southern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lands	amod
6	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hides	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 players	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 players	det
9	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hides	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 purpose	case
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the game	the southern lands		the players		on purpose	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent land=Patient from player=Beneficiary

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