Test 3 · Gemstones and precious metals
A cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow". What should be corrected?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, pirate, diamonds · What happens: show, dig up, grow, correct · To what, where: pirate, diamonds, sandy beach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 51 «Gemstones and precious metals» 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 cartoon shows a pirate digging up diamonds on a sandy beach next to a palm tree, "where diamonds grow".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pirate | det |
| 5 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | digging | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 pirate | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 digging | compound:prt |
| 8 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 digging | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 beach | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 beach | det |
| 11 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 beach | amod |
| 12 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 digging | obl |
| 13 | next | next | ADV | _ | 6 digging | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 tree | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 tree | det |
| 16 | palm | palm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 tree | compound |
| 17 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 next | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 grow | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 grow | punct |
| 20 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 grow | advmod |
| 21 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 grow | nsubj |
| 22 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | parataxis |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 grow | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a pirate | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent pirate=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | dig up | gerund | a pirate not said here | diamonds | a sandy beach | next property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme on beach=Location | ||
| 3 | grow in a quote | present | diamonds | 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 should be corrected?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 corrected | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 corrected | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 corrected | aux:pass |
| 4 | corrected | correct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 corrected | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | should · passive | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Diamonds form in the clouds and fall as hail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 form | nsubj |
| 2 | form | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 clouds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 clouds | det |
| 5 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 form | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fall | cc |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 form | conj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 hail | case |
| 9 | hail | hail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | Diamonds | the clouds | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location | ||||
| 2 | fall | present | Diamonds not said here | as hail | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Diamonds grow on trees, not in sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 trees | case |
| 4 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sand | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 sand | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sand | case |
| 8 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Diamonds | trees | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on tree=Location |
Option 3
Diamonds only form inside ice in the Arctic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 form | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 form | advmod |
| 3 | form | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 form | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Arctic | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Arctic | det |
| 8 | Arctic | Arctic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | Diamonds | ice in the Arctic | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside ice=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Diamonds form about 150 km down and come up in volcanic pipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 form | nsubj |
| 2 | form | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 150 | advmod |
| 4 | 150 | 150 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 km | nummod |
| 5 | km | km | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 form | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 form | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 come | cc |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 form | conj |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 pipes | case |
| 11 | volcanic | volcanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 pipes | amod |
| 12 | pipes | pipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | Diamonds | 150 km | down property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location km=Theme | |||
| 2 | come up | present | Diamonds not said here | volcanic pipes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in pipe=Location |
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