Test 12 · ★ · The water cycle

my brother says we'll run out of water one day cos it all gets used up. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, we · What happens: say, run, use up · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 14 «The water cycle» of the world 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 run	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 run	aux
6	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	9 water	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 water	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	obl
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 day	nummod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	obl:unmarked
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 used	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 used	nsubj:pass
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 used	nsubj:pass
15	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 used	aux:pass
16	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 run	advcl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 used	compound:prt
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 true	punct
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	run	future	we		water	day	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out water=Trajectory
3	use up	present · passive		water			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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

No, the Earth makes new water every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Earth	det
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the Earth	new water			day		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Product

Option 2

Yes, every glass we drink is gone for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 gone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gone	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 glass	det
4	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gone	nsubj
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 drink	nsubj
6	drink	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 glass	acl:relcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gone	cop
8	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ever	case
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	present	we	every glass not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient
2	is	present	every glass					go property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, the water on Earth keeps moving round and stays about the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 keeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeps	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 water	nmod
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keeps	xcomp
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 moving	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stays	cc
11	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 keeps	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 same	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 same	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the water on Earth		tree rules
2	move	gerund	the water on Earth not said here	round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	stay	present	the water on Earth not said here	about the same	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about same=Location

Option 4

Yes, the Sun burns some water away every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 burns	nsubj
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	5 burns	advmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn away	present	the Sun	some water			year	away property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme

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