Test 3 · Soil
A builder digs a deep hole. Which order of layers does he most likely see from top to bottom?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: builder, order · What happens: dig, see, order · To what, where: deep hole, top, layers
This is test 3 of lesson 56 «Soil» 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 builder digs a deep hole.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 builder | det |
| 2 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 digs | nsubj |
| 3 | digs | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hole | det |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hole | amod |
| 6 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 digs | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 digs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | present | a builder | a deep hole | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=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: Which order of layers does he most likely see from top to bottom?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 order | det |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 layers | case |
| 4 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 order | nmod |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 see | aux |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 see | nsubj |
| 7 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 8 likely | advmod |
| 8 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 9 see | advmod |
| 9 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 top | case |
| 11 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 bottom | case |
| 13 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 see | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · do-support | which order of layers | top | to bottom; likely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | order | layers | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Topsoil, subsoil, broken rock, bedrock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topsoil | topsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 subsoil | punct |
| 3 | subsoil | subsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Topsoil | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rock | punct |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 rock | amod |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Topsoil | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bedrock | punct |
| 8 | bedrock | bedrock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Topsoil | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Broken rock, topsoil, bedrock, subsoil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rock | amod |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 topsoil | punct |
| 4 | topsoil | topsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rock | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bedrock | punct |
| 6 | bedrock | bedrock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rock | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 subsoil | punct |
| 8 | subsoil | subsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rock | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Subsoil, bedrock, topsoil, broken rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subsoil | subsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bedrock | punct |
| 3 | bedrock | bedrock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Subsoil | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 topsoil | punct |
| 5 | topsoil | topsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Subsoil | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rock | punct |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 rock | amod |
| 8 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Subsoil | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Bedrock, subsoil, topsoil, broken rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedrock | bedrock | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 subsoil | punct |
| 3 | subsoil | subsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bedrock | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 topsoil | punct |
| 5 | topsoil | topsoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bedrock | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 rock | punct |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 rock | amod |
| 8 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bedrock | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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