Test 6 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines
In a pirate film, the captain steers by the lighthouse, but every lighthouse along the coast flashes the same. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: captain, lighthouse · What happens: steer, flash, be · To what, where: pirate film, same
This is test 6 · ★ 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: In a pirate film, the captain steers by the lighthouse, but every lighthouse along the coast flashes the same.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 3 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | compound |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 steers | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 film | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 captain | det |
| 7 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 steers | nsubj |
| 8 | steers | steer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 lighthouse | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lighthouse | det |
| 11 | lighthouse | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 steers | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 flashes | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 flashes | cc |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 lighthouse | det |
| 15 | lighthouse | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 flashes | nsubj |
| 16 | along | along | ADP | _ | 18 coast | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 coast | det |
| 18 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lighthouse | nmod |
| 19 | flashes | flash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 steers | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 same | det |
| 21 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 flashes | obj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 steers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steer | present | the captain | a pirate film | by the lighthouse | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in film=Destination | |||
| 2 | flash | present | every lighthouse along the coast | the same | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent same=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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real lighthouses each flash their own pattern so sailors know which is which
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lighthouses | amod |
| 2 | lighthouses | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flash | nsubj |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 flash | advmod |
| 4 | flash | flash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pattern | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pattern | amod |
| 7 | pattern | pattern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flash | obj |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 10 know | mark |
| 9 | sailors | sailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 know | nsubj |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 flash | advcl |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 which | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 which | cop |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flash | present | Real lighthouses | lighthouses's own pattern | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pattern=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | present | sailors | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | pattern | lighthouses = lighthouse | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Pirates never used lighthouses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pirates | pirate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 used | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 used | advmod |
| 3 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | lighthouses | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 used | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not use | past | Pirates | lighthouses | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lighthouse=Patient |
Option 3
Nothing, all lighthouses look the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 look | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 lighthouses | det |
| 4 | lighthouses | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 look | nsubj |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 look | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | all lighthouses | Nothing | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute |
Option 4
Lighthouses don't flash, they glow steadily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lighthouses | lighthouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 flash | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 flash | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 flash | advmod |
| 4 | flash | flash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 glow | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 glow | nsubj |
| 7 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 flash | conj |
| 8 | steadily | steadily | ADV | _ | 7 glow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not flash | present · do-support | Lighthouses | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | glow | present | Lighthouses = lighthouse | steadily property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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