Test 2 · ★ · Coal, oil and gas
A lump of coal shows the print of a fern leaf. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lump · What happens: show, print · To what, where: print, fern leaf
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 59 «Coal, oil and gas» 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 lump of coal shows the print of a fern leaf.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lump | det |
| 2 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 coal | case |
| 4 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lump | nmod |
| 5 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 print | det |
| 7 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shows | obj | ||
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 leaf | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 leaf | det |
| 10 | fern | fern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leaf | compound |
| 11 | leaf | leaf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 print | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a lump of coal | the print of a fern leaf | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent print=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | a fern leaf | nom print «communication transitive»: of=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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ferns grow on coal today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferns | fern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 coal | case |
| 4 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obl |
| 5 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grow | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Ferns | coal | today | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coal=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Coal formed from ancient swamp forests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 formed | nsubj |
| 2 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 forests | case |
| 4 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 forests | amod |
| 5 | swamp | swamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forests | compound |
| 6 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 formed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | Coal | ancient swamp forests | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Coal is made of fossil fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 fish | case |
| 5 | fossil | fossil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fish | compound |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Coal | of fossil fish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
Someone drew the fern on it with a pencil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 drew | nsubj |
| 2 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fern | det |
| 4 | fern | fern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 drew | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 pencil | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pencil | det |
| 9 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | Someone | the fern | fern | with a pencil | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fern=Theme on it=Destination |
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