Test 5 · Europe: countries and capitals

Why might a king choose a capital in the middle of his lands?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: choose · To what, where: capital, middle

This is test 5 of lesson 7 «Europe: countries and capitals» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 choose	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 choose	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	nsubj
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 capital	det
7	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 lands	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 lands	nmod:poss
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 middle	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 choose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	might	a king	a capital		the middle of king's lands			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Theme

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

It is further from the sun

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	6 sun	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sun	cop
3	further	further	ADV	_	6 sun	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the sun		further property	tree rules

Option 2

Kings were not allowed to live by the sea in case of pirates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 live	mark
6	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 case	case
11	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 pirates	case
13	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 case	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	past · passive		Kings					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	Kings not said here			case of pirates		by the sea	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in case=Location

Option 3

The middle of a country is always on the coast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coast	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 country	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 country	det
5	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 coast	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 coast	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 coast	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 coast	det
10	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the middle of a country			the coast		always property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is easier to reach and rule every part from there

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	3 easier	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 easier	cop
3	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reach	mark
5	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 easier	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rule	cc
7	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reach	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 part	det
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 there	case
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 rule	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present		easy property	tree rules
2	reach	to-infinitive			vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	rule	infinitive	every part		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

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