Test 5 · ★★ · The River Thames and the Sea Rat's voyage: from Constantin…

«venice has no roads so how do people get about» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: venice, people · What happens: have, get about, be · To what, where: roads

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct
2	venice	venice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 roads	det
5	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 get	mark
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 get	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	nsubj
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 has	advcl
11	about	about	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 get	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	venice	no roads		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	get about in a quote	present · do-support	people		about property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present			right property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They ride horses through the shallow water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ride	nsubj
2	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ride	obj
4	through	through	ADP	_	7 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
6	shallow	shallow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	present	They	horses		the shallow water			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme through water=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Many travel by boat along the canals, or walk over bridges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 travel	amod
2	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walk	nsubj
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 boat	case
4	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 travel	nmod
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 canals	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 canals	det
7	canals	canal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 travel	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 walk	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 walk	cc
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	over	over	ADP	_	12 bridges	case
12	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	infinitive	Many travel by boat along the canals			bridges			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Trajectory
2	travel		boat					along the canals	nom travel «act intransitive»: by=agent along=obl

Option 3

Everyone flies about in small helicopters from roof to roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 flies	nsubj
2	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 flies	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 helicopters	case
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 helicopters	amod
6	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flies	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 roof	case
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 roof	case
10	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	Everyone			small helicopters		from roof; to roof; about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in helicopter=Trajectory from roof=Initial_Location to roof=Destination

Option 4

People swim from island to island every morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swim	nsubj
2	swim	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 island	case
4	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 island	case
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swim	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	present	People			island	morning	to island	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to island=Destination

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