Test 4 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street
In a film, a tunnel machine digs a perfect tunnel with nothing lining the walls behind it. What is wrong in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tunnel machine · What happens: dig, line, be · To what, where: perfect tunnel, film, walls, machine, real life
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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 film, a tunnel machine digs a perfect tunnel with nothing lining the walls behind it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 digs | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 machine | det |
| 6 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 machine | compound |
| 7 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 digs | nsubj |
| 8 | digs | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 tunnel | det |
| 10 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 tunnel | amod |
| 11 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 digs | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 nothing | case |
| 13 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 tunnel | nmod |
| 14 | lining | line | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 nothing | acl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 walls | det |
| 16 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 lining | obj |
| 17 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 lining | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 digs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | present | a tunnel machine | a perfect tunnel | a film | with nothing | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme with nothing=Instrument | ||
| 2 | line | gerund | the walls | machine | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Destination |
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 in real life?
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tunnels are lined only after 100 years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tunnels | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lined | aux:pass |
| 3 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 lined | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 6 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line | present · passive | Tunnels | year | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
Option 2
Lining is only for decoration
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lining | lining | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 decoration | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 decoration | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 decoration | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 decoration | case |
| 5 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Lining | for decoration | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Real machines fit concrete rings behind them so the tunnel does not collapse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 machines | amod |
| 2 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fit | nsubj |
| 3 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | concrete | concrete | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rings | compound |
| 5 | rings | ring | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fit | obj |
| 6 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fit | obl |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 13 collapse | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tunnel | det |
| 10 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 collapse | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 collapse | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 collapse | advmod |
| 13 | collapse | collapse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fit | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | Real machines | concrete rings | behind rings = ring | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ring=Theme behind they=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | not collapse | present · do-support | the tunnel | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, rock never falls in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 rock | punct |
| 3 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 falls | advmod |
| 5 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 falls | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fall in | present | Nothing | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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