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Test 2 · ★ · Natural resources and why we must save them

Jack says: When the coal mines are empty, we will just wait for new coal to form. What is wrong with his idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, coal mines, we · What happens: say, be, wait, form · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Jack says: When the coal mines are empty, we will just wait for new coal to form.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 empty	punct
4	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 empty	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mines	det
6	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mines	compound
7	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 empty	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 empty	cop
9	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wait	punct
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 wait	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 wait	aux
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 wait	advmod
14	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 empty	parataxis
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 coal	case
16	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 coal	amod
17	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wait	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 form	mark
19	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wait	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Jack						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the coal mines					empty property	tree rules
3	wait	future	we					for new coal	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	form	to-infinitive	we not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What is wrong with his idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 idea	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 idea	nmod:poss
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with Jack's idea; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing is wrong with his idea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 idea	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 idea	nmod:poss
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					with his idea; wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Coal takes millions of years to form

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 takes	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 years	case
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 millions	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 form	mark
7	form	form	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 takes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Coal	millions of years					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme
2	form	to-infinitive	Coal not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Coal is made in factories, not in mines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 factories	case
5	factories	factory	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mines	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 mines	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 mines	case
9	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Coal		factories		in mines	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

Coal forms again in about one year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	again	again	ADV	_	2 forms	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 year	case
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	form	present	Coal				again; year		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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