Test 8 · ★★ · The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to…
A ship sails from India to China. Why does it go past Singapore?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ship · What happens: sail, go · To what, where: China, India, Singapore
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The map of the Just So Stories: from the North Atlantic to the Limpopo, the Amazon and Surrey» 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 ship sails from India to China.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sails | nsubj |
| 3 | sails | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 India | case |
| 5 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sails | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 China | case |
| 7 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sails | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sails | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | present | a ship | China | India | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from india=Trajectory |
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 does it go past Singapore?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 go | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | past | past | ADP | _ | 6 Singapore | case |
| 6 | Singapore | Singapore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · do-support | ship | Singapore | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme past singapore=Initial_Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ships must stop in Singapore to ask the Crab
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Singapore | case |
| 5 | Singapore | Singapore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stop | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Crab | det |
| 9 | Crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | must | Ships | Singapore | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in singapore=Location | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | Ships not said here | the Crab | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient |
Option 2
The sea around India is frozen in winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sea | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | around | around | ADP | _ | 4 India | case |
| 4 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sea | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 frozen | aux:pass |
| 6 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 winter | case |
| 8 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frozen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · passive | the sea around India | winter | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The Strait of Malacca is the short way between oceans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Strait | det |
| 2 | Strait | Strait | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 way | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Malacca | case |
| 4 | Malacca | Malacca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Strait | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 way | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 7 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 way | amod |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 10 oceans | case |
| 10 | oceans | ocean | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 way | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Strait of Malacca | the short way | between oceans | tree rules |
Option 4
It is the only place where ships can buy fuel
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 place | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 place | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 place | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 place | amod |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 buy | advmod |
| 7 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 buy | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 buy | aux |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 place | acl:relcl |
| 10 | fuel | fuel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the only place | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buy | can | ships | fuel | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme |
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