Test 4 · Gemstones and precious metals
An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years. What will they probably look like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: coin · What happens: pull, look · To what, where: old gold coin, shipwreck
This is test 4 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: An old gold coin and an old iron nail are pulled from a shipwreck after 300 years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 coin | amod |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coin | compound |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 nail | cc |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 nail | det |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 nail | amod |
| 8 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nail | compound |
| 9 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coin | conj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 pulled | aux:pass |
| 11 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 shipwreck | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 shipwreck | det |
| 14 | shipwreck | shipwreck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pulled | obl |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 years | case |
| 16 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 years | nummod |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 pulled | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 pulled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present · passive | a old gold coin and a old iron nail | a shipwreck | year | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from shipwreck=Initial_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.
Sentence 2: What will they probably look like?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 look | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 look | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 look | advmod |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 look | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | future | coin | probably property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
Both shine like new
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 shine | det |
| 2 | shine | shine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 new | case |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shine | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The coin still shines, the nail is badly rusted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coin | det |
| 2 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shines | nsubj |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 shines | advmod |
| 4 | shines | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rusted | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 nail | det |
| 7 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rusted | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 rusted | aux:pass |
| 9 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 rusted | advmod |
| 10 | rusted | rust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 shines | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | present | the coin | still | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rust | present · passive | the nail | badly property | tree rules |
Option 3
The coin is rusted, the nail shines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 coin | det |
| 2 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rusted | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rusted | aux:pass |
| 4 | rusted | rust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shines | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shines | det |
| 7 | nail | nail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shines | compound |
| 8 | shines | shine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rusted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rust | present · passive | the coin | the nail shines obl | tree rules |
Option 4
Both are badly rusted and fall apart in your hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 rusted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 rusted | aux:pass |
| 3 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 rusted | advmod |
| 4 | rusted | rust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 fall | cc |
| 6 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 rusted | conj |
| 7 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 6 fall | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hand | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hand | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rust | present · passive | Both | badly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall apart | infinitive | your hand | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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