Test 13 · The United States and its states

a kid in my class reckons Hawaii's next to Florida. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: reckon · To what, where: Hawaii

This is test 13 of lesson 44 «The United States and its states» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reckons	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 class	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 class	nmod:poss
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
6	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reckons	obj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Hawaii	case
9	next	next	ADV	_	6 reckons	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Florida	case
11	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 next	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reckons	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	6 reckons	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	a kid in my class	Hawaii				next property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent hawaii=Attribute

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

Yes, it is beside Florida in the Atlantic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Florida	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Florida	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Florida	cop
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 Florida	case
6	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Atlantic	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Atlantic	det
9	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Florida	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			Florida		in the Atlantic	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it is in the Gulf of Mexico

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 Gulf	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Gulf	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Gulf	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Gulf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Gulf	det
7	Gulf	Gulf	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Mexico	case
9	Mexico	Mexico	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Gulf	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			the Gulf		of Mexico	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, Hawaii is volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 islands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 islands	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 islands	cop
5	volcanic	volcanic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 islands	amod
6	islands	island	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 Ocean	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Ocean	det
9	Pacific	Pacific	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Ocean	compound
10	Ocean	Ocean	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 islands	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Hawaii	volcanic islands		the Pacific Ocean			tree rules

Option 4

No, Hawaii is in the Great Lakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 Lakes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	Hawaii	Hawaii	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Lakes	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Lakes	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Lakes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lakes	det
7	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Lakes	amod
8	Lakes	Lake	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hawaii			the Great Lakes			tree rules

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