Test 10 · ★★ · Earth from space

Which is a fair way to describe Earth's shape on a globe?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, describe · To what, where: fair way, shape, globe

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 describe	mark
7	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 shape	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Earth	case
10	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 globe	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 globe	det
13	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describe	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fair way					tree rules
2	describe	to-infinitive		Earth's shape		a globe			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent shape=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

An exact, perfect ball with no bumps on it at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
2	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ball	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 exact	punct
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ball	amod
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 bumps	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 bumps	det
8	bumps	bump	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 ball	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bumps	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 ball	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A flat disc, like a dinner plate, seen from above

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disc	det
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disc	amod
3	disc	disc	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 plate	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 plate	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plate	det
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plate	compound
8	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 disc	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seen	punct
10	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 disc	acl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 above	case
12	above	above	ADV	_	10 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	participle		a flat disc and a dinner plate not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

A big cube with rounded-off corners, like a dice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cube	det
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cube	amod
3	cube	cube	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 corners	case
5	rounded	round	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 corners	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 rounded	punct
7	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corners	compound
8	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cube	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dice	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 dice	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dice	det
12	dice	dice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 corners	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	round	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nearly a ball, slightly wider at the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	_	3 ball	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ball	det
3	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 wider	punct
5	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	6 wider	advmod
6	wider	wide	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 ball	amod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 equator	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 equator	det
9	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wider	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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