Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★
"This hill's proper steep, mate, the lines are miles apart on the map." What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lines · What happens: be · To what, where: miles
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «Olympiad: maps, directions and clocks ★★★» 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: "This hill's proper steep, mate, the lines are miles apart on the map."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 steep | punct |
| 2 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 hill | det |
| 3 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 steep | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 hill | case |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 steep | amod |
| 6 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 steep | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 miles | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lines | det |
| 11 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 miles | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 miles | cop |
| 13 | miles | mile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 steep | obl |
| 14 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 13 miles | advmod |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 map | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 map | det |
| 17 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 apart | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 steep | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 steep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | the lines | miles | apart 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.
Sentence 2: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Far-apart contour lines mean a gentle slope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 apart | advmod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Far | punct |
| 3 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 5 lines | advmod |
| 4 | contour | contour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lines | compound |
| 5 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 slope | det |
| 8 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 slope | amod |
| 9 | slope | slope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | contour lines | a gentle slope | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slope=Topic |
Option 2
Nothing, far-apart lines always mean steep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 apart | advmod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 far | punct |
| 5 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 8 mean | advmod |
| 6 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 mean | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 mean | advmod |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mean | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing | always, apart, steep property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Contour lines only show the roads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contour | contour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lines | compound |
| 2 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 show | advmod |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 roads | det |
| 6 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Contour lines | the roads | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent road=Recipient |
Option 4
Contour lines tell us nothing about steepness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Contour | contour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lines | compound |
| 2 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 tell | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 steepness | case |
| 7 | steepness | steepness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Contour lines | nothing | us | about steepness | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient nothing=Topic |
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