Test 3 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

«my nan lives on the thames in london and the water goes up and down every day, is that a flood?» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, water, best answer · What happens: live, go up, be · To what, where: thames, flood

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: «my nan lives on the thames in london and the water goes up and down every day, is that a flood?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 lives	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nan	nmod:poss
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lives	nsubj
4	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 thames	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thames	det
7	thames	thame	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lives	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 london	case
9	london	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thames	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 goes	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goes	nsubj
13	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lives	conj
14	up	up	ADV	_	13 goes	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 down	cc
16	down	down	ADV	_	14 up	conj
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goes	obl:unmarked
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 flood	punct
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 flood	cop
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 flood	mark
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 flood	det
23	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lives	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lives	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 lives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	live in a quote	present	my nan		the thames in london		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on thame=Location
2	go up in a quote	present	the water			day	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is a in a quote	present	my nan not said here	a flood			tree rules

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 is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the Thames floods London twice a day, every day of the year

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 floods	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Thames	det
4	Thames	Thames	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 floods	nsubj
5	floods	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 floods	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 floods	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 twice	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 day	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floods	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 year	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flood	present	the Thames	London			day	twice property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent london=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, below Teddington the river is tidal and rises and falls with the sea

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 tidal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Teddington	punct
3	below	below	ADP	_	4 Teddington	case
4	Teddington	Teddington	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tidal	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tidal	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tidal	cop
8	tidal	tidal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rises	cc
10	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tidal	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 falls	cc
12	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tidal	conj
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 sea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sea	det
15	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Teddington	tidal property	tree rules
2	rise	present	Teddington not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fall	present	Teddington not said here	with the sea	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The river is slowly draining away into the sea for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draining	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 draining	aux
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 draining	advmod
5	draining	drain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 draining	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draining	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 good	case
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 draining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain away	present · progressive	the river			the sea		for good; away, slowly property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 4

Someone at Oxford is opening a big tap upstream every morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 opening	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 Oxford	case
3	Oxford	Oxford	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Someone	nmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 opening	aux
5	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tap	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tap	amod
8	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opening	obj
9	upstream	upstream	ADV	_	5 opening	advmod
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 morning	det
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 opening	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present · progressive	Someone	a big tap			morning	upstream property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tap=Theme

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