Test 2 · ★★ · Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius
Your friend draws the Silk Road as one straight motorway. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: draw, be · To what, where: Silk Road
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Ancient China: paper, silk, the Silk Road and Confucius» of the history 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: Your friend draws the Silk Road as one straight motorway.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | nsubj |
| 3 | draws | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Road | det |
| 5 | Silk | Silk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Road | compound |
| 6 | Road | Road | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 motorway | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 motorway | nummod |
| 9 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 motorway | amod |
| 10 | motorway | motorway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 draws | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 draws | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | present | Your friend | the Silk Road | as one straight motorway | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent road=Result as motorway=Attribute |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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
It was a tunnel that ran under the sea
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 | 4 tunnel | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tunnel | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tunnel | det |
| 4 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 ran | nsubj |
| 6 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tunnel | acl:relcl |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sea | det |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a tunnel | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | a tunnel | the sea | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under sea=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was a web of many routes over deserts and mountains
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 | 4 web | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 web | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 web | det |
| 4 | web | web | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 routes | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 routes | amod |
| 7 | routes | route | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 web | nmod |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 deserts | case |
| 9 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 routes | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 mountains | cc |
| 11 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 deserts | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a web | of many routes over deserts and mountains | tree rules |
Option 3
It went only inside China and never left it
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 | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 China | advmod |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 5 China | case |
| 5 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 left | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 left | advmod |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 left | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | It | China | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme inside china=Location | ||||
| 2 | not leave | past | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
It was actually a long railway with steam trains
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 railway | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 railway | cop |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 railway | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 railway | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 railway | amod |
| 6 | railway | railway | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 trains | case |
| 8 | steam | steam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trains | compound |
| 9 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 railway | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a long railway | with steam trains; actually property | tree rules |
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