Test 6 · Continents and oceans
A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea. How is that possible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: traveller, that · What happens: drive, cross, be · To what, where: China, Paris, sea
This is test 6 of lesson 42 «Continents and oceans» 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
Sentence 1: A traveller drives from Paris to China without crossing any sea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 traveller | det |
| 2 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drives | nsubj |
| 3 | drives | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Paris | case |
| 5 | Paris | Paris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drives | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 China | case |
| 7 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 drives | obl |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 crossing | mark |
| 9 | crossing | cross | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 drives | advcl |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 sea | det |
| 11 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 crossing | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | present | a traveller | China | Paris | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from paris=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | cross | gerund | a traveller not said here | any sea | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=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.
Sentence 2: How is that possible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 possible | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 possible | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 possible | nsubj |
| 4 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 possible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | possible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
There is a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tunnel | det |
| 4 | tunnel | tunnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 Ocean | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Ocean | det |
| 7 | Atlantic | Atlantic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Ocean | compound |
| 8 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tunnel | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
A long bridge crosses the Pacific Ocean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bridge | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bridge | amod |
| 3 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crosses | nsubj |
| 4 | crosses | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Ocean | det |
| 6 | Pacific | Pacific | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Ocean | compound |
| 7 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 crosses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | present | a long bridge | the Pacific Ocean | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ocean=Patient |
Option 3
China is also in Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | China | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Europe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Europe | cop |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 Europe | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Europe | case |
| 5 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | China | Europe | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Europe and Asia are joined by land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 joined | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Asia | cc |
| 3 | Asia | Asia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Europe | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 joined | aux:pass |
| 5 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 land | case |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 joined | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | present · passive | land | Europe and Asia | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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