Test 10 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…
«sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?» What does it mean here?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sea rat, that, rat · What happens: go, coast, mean · To what, where: bike
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 62 «The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantinople to the English Channel» 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: «sea rat goes coasting, is that like coasting on a bike downhill?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rat | compound |
| 3 | rat | rat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | coasting | coast | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 goes | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 coasting | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 coasting | aux |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 coasting | nsubj |
| 9 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 10 coasting | mark |
| 10 | coasting | coast | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 goes | advcl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 bike | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bike | det |
| 13 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 coasting | obl |
| 14 | downhill | downhill | ADV | _ | 10 coasting | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 coasting | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | sea rat | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | coast in a quote | gerund | sea rat not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | coast in a quote | present · progressive | that | a bike | downhill property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bike=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: What does it mean here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 mean | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | rat | here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Sailing only downhill on rivers to the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sailing | sail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 downhill | advmod |
| 3 | downhill | downhill | ADV | _ | 1 Sailing | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 rivers | case |
| 5 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sailing | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sailing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | gerund | rivers | to the sea; downhill property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to sea=Trajectory |
Option 2
Sliding a boat along the sandy beach on rollers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sliding | slide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sliding | obj |
| 4 | along | along | ADP | _ | 7 beach | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 beach | det |
| 6 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 beach | amod |
| 7 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sliding | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 rollers | case |
| 9 | rollers | roller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sliding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slide | gerund | a boat | rollers | along the sandy beach | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent boat=Theme along beach=Initial_Location on roller=Trajectory |
Option 3
Letting the ship drift along with no sails up at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Letting | let | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 drift | det |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drift | compound |
| 4 | drift | drift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Letting | obj |
| 5 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 sails | case |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 sails | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 sails | det |
| 8 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Letting | obl |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Letting | compound:prt |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Letting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let up | gerund | the ship drift | all | along no sails | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent drift=Theme at all=Asset |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sailing from harbour to harbour along the coast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sailing | sail | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 harbour | case |
| 3 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sailing | obl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 harbour | case |
| 5 | harbour | harbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sailing | obl |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 coast | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 coast | det |
| 8 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sailing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | gerund | harbour | to harbour; along the coast | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from harbour=Trajectory |
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