Test 4 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

«I'm gonna dig through to Australia from my back garden in Leeds» Why will that not work?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: dig, not work · To what, where: Australia

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» of the physics 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 dig	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 dig	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gonna	aux
4	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 I	conj
5	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 Australia	case
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Australia	case
8	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dig	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 garden	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 garden	nmod:poss
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 garden	compound
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dig	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 Leeds	case
14	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 garden	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 garden	punct
16	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	20 work	advmod
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 work	aux
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 work	mark
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 work	advmod
20	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dig	advcl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dig	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig in a quote	present	I			Australia		from my back garden in Leeds	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through australia=Location
2	not work	future	I not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The middle of the Earth is hot melted metal, and the point opposite Britain is in the ocean anyway

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 metal	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 metal	cop
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 metal	amod
8	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 metal	amod
9	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ocean	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 ocean	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 opposite	det
13	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 opposite	compound
14	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ocean	nsubj
15	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 opposite	appos
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 ocean	cop
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 ocean	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 ocean	det
19	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 metal	appos
20	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	19 ocean	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	melt	participle					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	the middle of the Earth	hot melted metal			tree rules
3	is	present	the point opposite		the ocean	anyway property	tree rules

Option 2

You would come out in Australia but upside down, so you could not climb out

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 come	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Australia	case
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 upside	cc
8	upside	upside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Australia	conj
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 upside	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 climb	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 climb	advmod
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 climb	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 climb	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 climb	advmod
15	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 come	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 climb	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	would	You			Australia but upside		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	not climb out	could	you						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

You would get stuck in the middle because there is no up or down there, so you could not dig any further

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 middle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 middle	det
7	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 is	mark
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 is	expl
10	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	advcl
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 is	nsubj
12	up	up	ADV	_	11 no	advmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 there	cc
14	down	down	ADV	_	15 there	advmod
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 up	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 dig	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	21 dig	advmod
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 dig	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 dig	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 dig	advmod
21	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	conj
22	any	any	ADV	_	23 further	advmod
23	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 dig	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get	would	You		stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	be	present	no	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not dig	could	you		far property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It would work, but it would take about a week with a good spade

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 work	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 work	aux
3	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 take	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 take	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 take	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 take	aux
8	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 work	conj
9	about	about	ADV	_	11 week	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 spade	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 spade	det
14	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 spade	amod
15	spade	spade	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	would	It						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	take	would	it				week	with a good spade	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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