Test 2 · Coasts and caves
A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms. What will it probably become one day?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: seaside arch · What happens: have, become · To what, where: crack, top
This is test 2 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: A seaside arch has a crack across its top after a winter of storms.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 arch | det |
| 2 | seaside | seaside | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 arch | amod |
| 3 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crack | det |
| 6 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 9 top | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 top | nmod:poss |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obl |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 winter | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 winter | det |
| 12 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 top | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 storms | case |
| 14 | storms | storm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 winter | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a seaside arch | a crack | arch's top after a winter of storms | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crack=Patient |
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 it probably become one day?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 become | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 become | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 become | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 become | advmod |
| 5 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | nummod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 become | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 become | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | future | day | probably property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1
A bay, once it grows taller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bay | det |
| 2 | bay | bay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grows | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bay | punct |
| 4 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 bay | nmod |
| 6 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 grows | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a bay once it | tall property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A cave, once it fills with sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cave | det |
| 2 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fills | punct |
| 4 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 6 fills | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fills | nsubj |
| 6 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cave | acl:relcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 sand | case |
| 8 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fills | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | cave | a cave not said here | with sand | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent cave=Patient with sand=Instrument |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A stack, once the top falls in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stack | det |
| 2 | stack | stack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 stack | punct |
| 4 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 6 top | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 top | det |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stack | nmod |
| 7 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADV | _ | 7 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall in | present | a stack once the top | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A spit, once it floats away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 spit | det |
| 2 | spit | spit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 floats | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 spit | punct |
| 4 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spit | nmod |
| 6 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 floats | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float away | present | a spit once it | away property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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