Test 5 · Continents and oceans

Why is Australia called a continent and not just the biggest island?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: call · To what, where: continent · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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	4 called	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
3	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	compound
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 continent	det
6	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 island	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 island	advmod
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 island	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 island	det
11	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 island	amod
12	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continent	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		a continent and the biggest island					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»

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

It is a very big landmass on its own, so it is counted as a continent

The tree, 16 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	6 landmass	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 landmass	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 landmass	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 landmass	amod
6	landmass	landmass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 landmass	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 counted	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 counted	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 counted	nsubj:pass
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 counted	aux:pass
14	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 landmass	acl
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 continent	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 continent	det
17	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 counted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a big landmass		landmass's own			tree rules
2	count	present · passive	a big landmass not said here	landmass				as a continent	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as continent=Attribute

Option 2

It is bigger than Asia

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 bigger	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bigger	cop
3	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 Asia	case
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bigger	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					than Asia; big property	tree rules

Option 3

Islands must be in the Pacific

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 Pacific	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 Pacific	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 Pacific	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Pacific	det
6	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Islands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must				the Pacific			tree rules

Option 4

Its name was chosen by Captain Cook, who wanted it called a continent and not an island

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chosen	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 chosen	aux:pass
4	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Captain	case
6	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 chosen	obl
7	Cook	Cook	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Captain	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wanted	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Captain	acl:relcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	obj
12	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wanted	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 continent	det
14	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 called	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 island	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 island	advmod
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 island	det
18	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 continent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	choose	past · passive	Captain	Its name	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	want	past	Captain	name	tree rules
3	call not said to happen	participle	name not said here	a continent and a island	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent continent=Recipient
4	name		Its = it		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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