Test 10 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines
A fishing boat's screen shows a big blob halfway between the boat and the seabed. How did it see it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: screen · What happens: show, see · To what, where: big blob, boat
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» of the technology 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 fishing boat's screen shows a big blob halfway between the boat and the seabed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 2 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boat | compound |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 screen | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 boat | case |
| 5 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 blob | det |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 blob | amod |
| 9 | blob | blob | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obj |
| 10 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | 13 boat | advmod |
| 11 | between | between | ADP | _ | 13 boat | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 boat | det |
| 13 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blob | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 seabed | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 seabed | det |
| 16 | seabed | seabed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blob | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a fishing boat's screen | a big blob and the seabed | between the boat | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent blob=Recipient |
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: How did it see it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 see | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | screen | boat | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sonar sent a sound pulse and heard an echo from a shoal of fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonar | sonar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pulse | det |
| 4 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulse | compound |
| 5 | pulse | pulse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 heard | cc |
| 7 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sent | conj |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 echo | det |
| 9 | echo | echo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 shoal | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shoal | det |
| 12 | shoal | shoal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heard | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fish | case |
| 14 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shoal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | Sonar | a sound pulse | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pulse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | Sonar not said here | a echo | a shoal of fish | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent echo=Topic from shoal=Source |
Option 2
The boat's anchor touched the fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 boat | det |
| 2 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 anchor | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 boat | case |
| 4 | anchor | anchor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touched | nsubj |
| 5 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fish | det |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | touch | past | the boat's anchor | the fish | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fish=Co-Theme |
Option 3
A diver swam down and took a photo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 diver | det |
| 2 | diver | diver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swam | nsubj |
| 3 | swam | swim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADV | _ | 3 swam | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 took | cc |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swam | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 photo | det |
| 8 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swim down | past | a diver | down property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | take | past | a diver not said here | a photo | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme |
Option 4
A satellite looked down through the water from space and spotted the fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 satellite | det |
| 2 | satellite | satellite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | nsubj |
| 3 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 looked | compound:prt |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 space | case |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looked | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 spotted | cc |
| 11 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 looked | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fish | det |
| 13 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spotted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look down | past | a satellite | from space; through the water | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through water=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spot | past | a satellite not said here | the fish | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme fish=Destination |
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