Test 6 · ★ · Rivers shaping the land

mate: "why'd ancient farmers live right next to rivers, they'd just get flooded, thick or what" — what's the best reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ancient farmers · What happens: live, flood, be · To what, where: farmers, best reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 reason	obl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 live	advmod
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 farmers	aux
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 farmers	amod
7	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	nsubj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 mate	parataxis
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 next	advmod
10	next	next	ADV	_	8 live	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 rivers	case
12	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 next	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 flooded	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 flooded	nsubj:pass
15	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 flooded	aux
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 flooded	advmod
17	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 flooded	aux:pass
18	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 live	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 thick	punct
20	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 flooded	conj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 what	cc
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 thick	conj
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 what	punct
24	—	-	PUNCT	_	29 reason	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 reason	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 reason	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 reason	det
28	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	29 reason	amod
29	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	29 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	present	ancient farmers		next property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	flood in a quote	would · passive		farmers = farmer		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
3	is a	present		the best reason	mate obl	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Floods left fertile mud, so the land grew good crops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grew	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Floods	acl
3	fertile	fertile	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mud	amod
4	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grew	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 grew	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	nsubj
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 crops	amod
11	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grew	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	participle	Floods not said here	fertile mud					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mud=Theme
2	grow	past	Floods	good crops					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location crop=Theme

Option 2

Floods never happened in ancient times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Floods	flood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happened	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 times	case
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 times	amod
6	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not happen	past	Floods				time		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

River land was always dry and safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	River	River	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 land	compound
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dry	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 dry	advmod
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 safe	cc
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	River land					always, dry property	tree rules
2	be		River land not said here						tree rules

Option 4

The rivers kept animals away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rivers	det
2	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	3 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep away	past	the rivers	animals				away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

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