Test 5 · ★ · Coal, oil and gas
Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?" What's the answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, Jack, answer · What happens: not make, run out, be · To what, where: more coal
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Jack: "why can't we just make more coal when it runs out?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 runs | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 runs | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 runs | punct |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 make | advmod |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 make | advmod |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 make | nsubj |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 make | advmod |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 runs | advcl |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 coal | amod |
| 11 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 runs | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 runs | nsubj |
| 14 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 runs | compound:prt |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 runs | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make in a quote | can | we | more coal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coal=Product | ||||
| 2 | run out in a quote | present | Jack | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What's the answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 answer | det |
| 4 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
We can, in a week in any bog in Ireland
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 can | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 week | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 week | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 can | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bog | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 bog | det |
| 9 | bog | bog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 week | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Ireland | case |
| 11 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 bog | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Coal is made only on the Moon, far away
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 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 Moon | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 far | punct |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 away | advmod |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 made | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Coal | the Moon | away property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It takes millions of years to form
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 takes | nsubj |
| 2 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 takes | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 years | case |
| 5 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 millions | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 form | mark |
| 7 | form | form | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 takes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | It | millions of years | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme | ||||
| 2 | form | to-infinitive | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It's against the law to make coal at home
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 law | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 law | acl |
| 8 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 home | case |
| 10 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | against the law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | coal | home | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset coal=Product |
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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