Test 10 · Coasts and caves
"caves r always made by waves, right" — Oli. Correct him.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: waves, you · What happens: make, correct · To what, where: caves, Oli
This is test 10 of lesson 55 «Coasts and caves» 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: "caves r always made by waves, right" — Oli.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 2 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | r | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 made | advmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 waves | case |
| 7 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl:agent |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 waves | amod |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 11 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Oli | punct |
| 12 | Oli | Oli | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 waves | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | present · passive | waves Oli | caves | always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
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: Correct him.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Correct | correct | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Correct | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Correct | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | correct speech: disagree | imperative | you not said here | Oli | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
The options
Option 1
No, caves are all dug by animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 dug | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dug | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dug | aux:pass |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 dug | advmod |
| 6 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 animals | case |
| 8 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dug | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | present · passive | caves | all property | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary animal=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, caves are all made by earthquakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 made | advmod |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 earthquakes | case |
| 8 | earthquakes | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | earthquakes | caves | all property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Many big caves form inland, where rain dissolves limestone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 caves | amod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 caves | amod |
| 3 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 form | nsubj |
| 4 | form | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | inland | inland | ADV | _ | 4 form | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dissolves | punct |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 dissolves | advmod |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dissolves | nsubj |
| 9 | dissolves | dissolve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 form | conj |
| 10 | limestone | limestone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dissolves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | present | Many big caves | inland property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dissolve | present | rain | limestone | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent limestone=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, every cave is made by waves, even ones far from the sea
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 cave | det |
| 4 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 made | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 made | aux:pass |
| 6 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 waves | case |
| 8 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 made | obl:agent |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ones | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 ones | advmod |
| 11 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 waves | conj |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 ones | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | waves and ones | every cave | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
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