Test 10 · ★ · The British Isles and the United Kingdom

Why might a country close to the sea everywhere become a sea power?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: country · What happens: become · To what, where: sea power

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 8 «The British Isles and the United Kingdom» 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	4 country	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 country	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 country	det
4	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 become	nsubj
5	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 country	amod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 close	obl
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 become	advmod
10	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 power	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 power	compound
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 become	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	a country	a sea power				everywhere property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Every region has ports and sailors nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 region	det
2	region	region	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ports	port	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sailors	cc
6	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ports	conj
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	3 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	every region	ports and sailors				nearby property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent port=Patient

Option 2

Islands cannot have armies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	can	Islands	armies					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient

Option 3

Its land is too poor for anything else to grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 land	nmod:poss
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poor	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 poor	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 poor	advmod
5	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 anything	case
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 poor	obl
8	else	else	ADV	_	7 anything	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 grow	mark
10	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 poor	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its land					for anything; poor property	tree rules
2	grow	to-infinitive	Its land not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Sea power is always cheaper than any army

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 power	compound
2	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cheaper	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cheaper	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 cheaper	advmod
5	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 army	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 army	det
8	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sea power					than any army; always, cheap property	tree rules

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