Test 8 · ★ · Islands, seas and lakes
Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined. True?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate, Med · What happens: say, be, join · To what, where: Med · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 6 «Islands, seas and lakes» 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: Mate says the Med and the Atlantic are equally salty cos they're joined.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Med | det |
| 4 | Med | Med | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 salty | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Atlantic | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Atlantic | det |
| 7 | Atlantic | Atlantic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Med | conj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 salty | cop |
| 9 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 10 salty | advmod |
| 10 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 joined | mark |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 joined | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 joined | aux:pass |
| 14 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 salty | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Med and the Atlantic | equally, salty property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | join | present · passive | Med | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, joined seas are always the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 same | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 seas | amod |
| 4 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 same | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 same | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 same | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 same | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | participle | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | joined seas | always, same property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, the Mediterranean is fresh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fresh | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mediterranean | det |
| 4 | Mediterranean | Mediterranean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 fresh | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fresh | cop |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Mediterranean | fresh property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, the Mediterranean is saltier because of strong evaporation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 saltier | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Mediterranean | det |
| 4 | Mediterranean | Mediterranean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saltier | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 saltier | cop |
| 6 | saltier | salty | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 10 evaporation | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 because | fixed |
| 9 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 evaporation | amod |
| 10 | evaporation | evaporation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saltier | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Mediterranean | because strong evaporation; salty property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the Strait of Gibraltar is wide enough to mix the two of them fully
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 wide | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Strait | det |
| 4 | Strait | Strait | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 wide | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Gibraltar | case |
| 6 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Strait | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wide | cop |
| 8 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 wide | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 mix | mark |
| 11 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 wide | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 two | det |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 mix | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 two | nmod |
| 16 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 11 mix | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Strait of Gibraltar | enough, wide property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mix | to-infinitive | the Strait of Gibraltar not said here | the two of them | fully property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Patient |
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