Test 1 · Weathering and erosion

my mate says weathering and erosion is the same thing innit

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, weathering · What happens: say, be · To what, where: same thing innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 52 «Weathering and erosion» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	weathering	weathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 innit	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 erosion	cc
6	erosion	erosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weathering	conj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 innit	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 innit	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 innit	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 innit	compound
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	weathering and erosion	the same thing innit					tree rules

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

No, weathering only means rainy days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 weathering	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	weathering	weather	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	csubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	rainy	rainy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weather	gerund							tree rules
2	mean	present	weathering				day		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, they are just two names for one thing, he's spot on

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 names	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 names	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 names	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 names	advmod
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 names	nummod
7	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 spot	nsubj:pass
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 thing	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 thing	nummod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 names	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 names	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spot	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spot	aux:pass
14	spot	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	on	on	ADP	_	14 spot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	two names				for one thing	tree rules
2	spot	present · passive		two names					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, weathering breaks rock in place, erosion moves the bits away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 weathering	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	weathering	weathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaks	nsubj
4	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaks	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 breaks	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 moves	punct
9	erosion	erosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 moves	nsubj
10	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 breaks	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bits	det
12	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 moves	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	10 moves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	weathering	rock		place			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=Patient
2	move away	present	erosion	the bits				away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bit=Theme

Option 4

No, erosion happens only in space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 happens	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	erosion	erosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happens	nsubj
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 space	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 space	case
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	erosion			space			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in space=Location

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