Test 10 · Countries, peoples and languages of the world
A pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language. Where does she live?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pen pal, pal · What happens: write, live · To what, where: Kyiv
This is test 10 of lesson 46 «Countries, peoples and languages of the world» 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 pen pal writes from Kyiv in a Slavic language.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pal | det |
| 2 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pal | compound |
| 3 | pal | pal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | nsubj |
| 4 | writes | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Kyiv | case |
| 6 | Kyiv | Kyiv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 language | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 language | det |
| 9 | Slavic | slavic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 language | amod |
| 10 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 writes | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 writes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | a pen pal | Kyiv | in a Slavic language | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in language=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: Where does she live?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 live | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 live | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 live | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present · do-support | pal | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In Ukraine, in eastern Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Ukraine | case |
| 2 | Ukraine | Ukraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Europe | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Europe | case |
| 5 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Europe | amod |
| 6 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ukraine | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
In Canada, in North America
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Canada | case |
| 2 | Canada | Canada | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 America | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 America | case |
| 5 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 America | compound |
| 6 | America | America | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Canada | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
In Ireland, in western Europe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Ireland | case |
| 2 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Europe | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Europe | case |
| 5 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Europe | amod |
| 6 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Ireland | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
In Australia, near the coast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Australia | case |
| 2 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Australia | punct |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 coast | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 coast | det |
| 6 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Australia | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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