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Test 3 · ★ · Water, deserts and the shape of the land

A cartoon explorer crosses the Antarctic ice and says "Phew, glad we're out of the desert!" when he reaches it. What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon explorer, we, explorer · What happens: cross, say, be, reach · To what, where: Antarctic ice, Phew, desert · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 16 «Water, deserts and the shape of the land» 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

Sentence 1: A cartoon explorer crosses the Antarctic ice and says "Phew, glad we're out of the desert!" when he reaches it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 explorer	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explorer	compound
3	explorer	explorer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crosses	nsubj
4	crosses	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
6	Antarctic	Antarctic	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ice	compound
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crosses	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crosses	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Phew	punct
11	Phew	phew	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 glad	punct
13	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Phew	nmod
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 desert	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 desert	cop
16	out	out	ADP	_	19 desert	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 desert	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 desert	det
19	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 glad	ccomp
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 Phew	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 Phew	punct
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 reaches	advmod
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 reaches	nsubj
24	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 says	advcl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 reaches	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crosses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	present	a cartoon explorer	the Antarctic ice					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient
2	say speech: express	present	a cartoon explorer not said here	Phew glad					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent phew=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	we			the desert			tree rules
4	reach	present	explorer	Phew					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=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: What's wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	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 · ✓ the right answer

Antarctica is itself a desert, the biggest one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 desert	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 desert	cop
3	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	5 desert	obl:unmarked
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 desert	det
5	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	biggest	big	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 desert	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Antarctica	a desert and the biggest one				itself = it obl:unmarked	tree rules

Option 2

Nothing, Antarctica gets heaps of rain and snow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 gets	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	heaps	heap	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gets	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 rain	case
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heaps	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 snow	cc
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Nothing	heaps of rain and snow					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heap=Stimulus

Option 3

Antarctica is really a frozen sea, not land at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sea	cop
3	really	really	ADV	_	6 sea	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sea	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 sea	amod
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 land	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 land	advmod
9	land	land	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sea	acl:relcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 land	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	Antarctica	a frozen sea					tree rules
3	not land	infinitive	a frozen sea not said here			all			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Deserts can only be hot places, so ice can't be one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deserts	desert	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 places	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 places	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 places	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 places	cop
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
6	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 one	advmod
9	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 one	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 one	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 one	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 one	cop
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 places	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Deserts	hot places					tree rules
2	not is a	can	ice	one					tree rules

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