Test 5 · Coasts and caves

"son doong's just a big hole in the ground, nothing special" — what's special about it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big hole · What happens: be

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 hole	punct
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doong	compound
3	doong	doong	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 doong	case
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 hole	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hole	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hole	amod
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 ground	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ground	det
11	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hole	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nothing	punct
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 hole	appos
14	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 nothing	amod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 nothing	punct
16	—	-	PUNCT	_	19 special	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 special	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 special	cop
19	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hole	conj
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 special	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 hole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a big hole in the ground					about doong; special property	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

It is the deepest hole ever dug by people, deeper than any mine on Earth

The tree, 15 words

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	5 hole	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hole	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hole	det
4	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 hole	amod
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 dug	advmod
7	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hole	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dug	obl:agent
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 deeper	punct
11	deeper	deep	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 hole	amod
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 mine	case
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 mine	det
14	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deeper	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 Earth	case
16	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 mine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the deepest hole					tree rules
2	dig	participle		the deepest hole not said here			ever		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is a volcano crater full of sea water

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	5 crater	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 crater	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crater	det
4	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crater	compound
5	crater	crater	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crater	amod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 water	compound
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a volcano crater					tree rules

Option 3

It is a cave made of ice

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 cave	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cave	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cave	det
4	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cave	acl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 ice	case
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a cave					tree rules
2	make	participle		a cave not said here				of ice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It holds the largest known cave passage, big enough for skyscrapers

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	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 passage	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 passage	amod
5	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 passage	amod
6	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passage	compound
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 big	punct
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 passage	amod
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 big	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 skyscrapers	case
12	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	the largest known cave passage					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Theme
2	know	participle							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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