Test 4 · ★ · Rivers shaping the land
Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops. What will happen to the waterfall over time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hard rock, river · What happens: sit, drop, happen · To what, where: soft rock
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 53 «Rivers shaping the land» 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: Hard rock sits on soft rock where a river drops.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 rock | amod |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | nsubj |
| 3 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rock | case |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rock | amod |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sits | obl |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 drops | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 drops | nsubj |
| 10 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rock | acl:relcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sits | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | present | Hard rock | soft rock | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on rock=Location | ||||
| 2 | drop | present | a river | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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 will happen to the waterfall over time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 waterfall | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 waterfall | det |
| 6 | waterfall | waterfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | time | to the waterfall | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It will slowly move back upstream
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 | 4 move | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 move | aux |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| 4 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| 6 | upstream | upstream | ADV | _ | 4 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move back | future | It | slowly, upstream property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
It will turn into a delta
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 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | aux |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 delta | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 delta | det |
| 6 | delta | delta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | future | It | a delta | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into delta=Trajectory |
Option 3
It will stay in exactly the same place
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 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 place | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 place | amod |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | It | the same place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
Option 4
It will slowly climb uphill
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 | 4 climb | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 climb | aux |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 climb | advmod |
| 4 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | uphill | uphill | ADV | _ | 4 climb | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | future | It | slowly, uphill property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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