Test 7 · ★★ · The United States: a short story
Your great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York. Where was she probably going?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: great great grandma, giant statue, grandma · What happens: sail, hold, reach, go · To what, where: giant statue, torch, New York
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» 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 great-great-grandma sailed past a giant statue holding a torch when she reached New York.
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 | 6 grandma | nmod:poss |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grandma | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 great | punct |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grandma | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 great | punct |
| 6 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sailed | nsubj |
| 7 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | past | past | ADP | _ | 11 statue | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 statue | det |
| 10 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 statue | amod |
| 11 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sailed | obl |
| 12 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 statue | acl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 torch | det |
| 14 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 holding | obj |
| 15 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 17 reached | mark |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 reached | nsubj |
| 17 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 holding | advcl |
| 18 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 York | flat |
| 19 | York | York | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 reached | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sailed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | past | Your great great grandma | a giant statue | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past statue=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | hold | gerund | a giant statue not said here | a torch | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reach | past | grandma | New York | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent york=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.
Sentence 2: Where was she probably going?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 going | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 5 going | advmod |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past · progressive | grandma | probably property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ellis Island, to enter the USA
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellis | Ellis | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ellis | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 enter | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 enter | mark |
| 5 | enter | enter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ellis | parataxis |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 USA | det |
| 7 | USA | USA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 enter | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | to-infinitive | the USA | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme usa=Destination |
Option 3
Botany Bay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botany | Botany | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Bay | compound |
| 2 | Bay | Bay | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Ellis Island, to leave the USA for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellis | Ellis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | Island | Island | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ellis | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 leave | punct |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 leave | mark |
| 5 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 USA | det |
| 7 | USA | USA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 leave | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | to-infinitive | Ellis | the USA | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent usa=Theme for ever=Recipient |
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