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Test 6 · ★★ · Glaciers and ice ages

"glaciers r just snow that never melted, they dont even move" — Tom. Fix it.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: snow, glaciers, you · What happens: not melt, move, fix · To what, where: snow

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Glaciers and ice ages» 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: "glaciers r just snow that never melted, they dont even move" — Tom.

punctnsubjadvcladvmodobjnsubjadvmodacl:relclpunctnsubjauxadvmodpunctpunctvocativepunctroot"PUNCTglaciersNOUNrAUXjustADVsnowNOUNthatPRONneverADVmeltedVERB,PUNCTtheyPRONdontAUXevenADVmoveVERB"PUNCT—PUNCTTomPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_3 rpunct
2glaciersglacierNOUNNumber=Plur3 rnsubj
3rbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 moveadvcl
4justjustADV_5 snowadvmod
5snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing3 robj
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel8 meltednsubj
7neverneverADVPronType=Neg8 meltedadvmod
8meltedmeltVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 snowacl:relcl
9,,PUNCT_3 rpunct
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs13 movensubj
11dontdontAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 moveaux
12evenevenADV_13 moveadvmod
13movemoveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
14""PUNCT_13 movepunct
15—-PUNCT_13 movepunct
16TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing13 movevocative
17..PUNCT_13 movepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not melt in a quotepastsnowvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2move in a quotepresentglaciers = glacierTom vocativevn 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: Fix it.

objpunctrootFixVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FixfixVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Fixobj
3..PUNCT_1 Fixpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fiximperativeyou not said heresnowvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

Option 1

Glaciers are frozen sea water that floats

nsubjcopamodcompoundnsubjacl:relclrootGlaciersNOUNareAUXfrozenVERBseaNOUNwaterNOUNthatPRONfloatsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GlaciersglacierNOUNNumber=Plur5 waternsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 watercop
3frozenfreezeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 wateramod
4seaseaNOUNNumber=Sing5 watercompound
5waterwaterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel7 floatsnsubj
7floatsfloatVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 wateracl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezeparticiplevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2is apresentGlaciersfrozen sea watertree rules
3floatpresentfrozen sea watervn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Glaciers are snow squashed into ice that flows downhill

nsubj:passaux:passnsubj:passcaseoblnsubjacl:relcladvmodrootGlaciersNOUNareAUXsnowNOUNsquashedVERBintoADPiceNOUNthatPRONflowsVERBdownhillADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GlaciersglacierNOUNNumber=Plur4 squashednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 squashedaux:pass
3snowsnowNOUNNumber=Sing4 squashednsubj:pass
4squashedsquashVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5intointoADP_6 icecase
6iceiceNOUNNumber=Sing4 squashedobl
7thatthatPRONPronType=Rel8 flowsnsubj
8flowsflowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 iceacl:relcl
9downhilldownhillADV_8 flowsadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1squashpresent · passiveGlaciersicevn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into ice=Destination
2flowpresenticedownhill propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Glaciers are made of white rock

nsubj:passaux:passcaseamodoblrootGlaciersNOUNareAUXmadeVERBofADPwhiteADJrockNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GlaciersglacierNOUNNumber=Plur3 madensubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 madeaux:pass
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4ofofADP_6 rockcase
5whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos6 rockamod
6rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing3 madeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresent · passiveGlaciersof white rockvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Tom is right, glaciers never move

nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvmodconjrootTomPROPNisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTglaciersNOUNneverADVmoveVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 movepunct
5glaciersglacierNOUNNumber=Plur7 movensubj
6neverneverADVPronType=Neg7 moveadvmod
7movemoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTomright propertytree rules
2not movepresentglaciersvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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