Test 12 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

my uncle says there's loads of water so we can waste it. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, loads, we · What happens: say, be, waste · To what, where: water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 47 «Natural resources and why we must save them» 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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 's	expl
5	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 's	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loads	nmod
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 waste	mark
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 waste	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 waste	aux
12	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 's	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 waste	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	does	present	loads of water		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	waste	can	we	water		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, fresh water never runs out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 runs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 runs	advmod
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 runs	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not run out	present	fresh water						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, the sea can be drunk as it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 drunk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 drunk	nsubj:pass
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drunk	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 drunk	aux:pass
7	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drunk	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 drunk	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can · passive		the sea				as it; drink property	tree rules

Option 3

No, there is no fresh water left at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 water	det
6	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 water	amod
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 water	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no fresh water			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	leave	participle		no fresh water not said here		all			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, only a tiny part of Earth's water is fresh water we can drink

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 part	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 part	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 part	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 part	amod
6	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 water	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 water	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Earth	case
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 part	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 water	cop
12	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 water	amod
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 drink	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 drink	aux
16	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 water	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a tiny part of Earth's water	fresh water					tree rules
2	drink	can	we	fresh water not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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