Test 4 · ★ · China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Grea…

crap, my poster says «Great Wall: the only building you can see from space». fix it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: poster, only building, my · What happens: say, see, fix, post · To what, where: Great Wall, space, building · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 52 «China: the First Emperor, the Terracotta Army and the Great Wall» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 crap	punct
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 poster	nmod:poss
4	poster	poster	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Wall	punct
7	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Wall	amod
8	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 building	det
11	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 building	amod
12	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	nsubj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 space	case
17	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
20	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 see	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fix	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my poster	Great Wall		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see in a quote	can	the only building		space	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	fix	infinitive	the only building not said here	building		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	post		my			nom poster «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Change it to «visible from the Moon»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Change	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 visible	case
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 visible	punct
5	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Change	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 visible	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 visible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	it				to visible	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's a myth; it's too narrow to see by eye from orbit

The tree, 14 words

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 myth	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 myth	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 narrow	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 narrow	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 narrow	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 narrow	advmod
9	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 myth	parataxis
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 narrow	advcl
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 eye	case
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 orbit	case
15	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a myth			tree rules
2	is	present	myth			narrow property	tree rules
3	see	to-infinitive	myth not said here		orbit	by eye	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

It's true, it glows at night

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 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 glows	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 glows	nsubj
6	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	glow	present	it				night		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It's true, but only in winter when snow lies on top of it

The tree, 14 words

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 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 winter	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 winter	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 winter	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	conj
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 lies	mark
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lies	nsubj
11	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 winter	advcl
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 top	case
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lies	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 top	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	lie	present	snow			top of top			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on top=Location

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