Test 1 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close
Japan, Indonesia and Chile all have many earthquakes. What do they share?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Japan · What happens: have, share · To what, where: many earthquakes
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 62 «Volcanoes and earthquakes up close» 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: Japan, Indonesia and Chile all have many earthquakes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 have | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Indonesia | punct |
| 3 | Indonesia | Indonesia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Japan | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Chile | cc |
| 5 | Chile | Chile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Japan | conj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 earthquakes | amod |
| 9 | earthquakes | earthquake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 have | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Japan and Indonesia and Chile | many earthquakes | all property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earthquake=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: What do they share?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 share | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 share | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | nsubj |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 share | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · do-support | Japan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
They all lie far from any ocean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 lie | advmod |
| 3 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 lie | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 ocean | case |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 ocean | det |
| 7 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lie | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | They | any ocean | far property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They lie on the Ring of Fire where plates meet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 Ring | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Ring | det |
| 5 | Ring | Ring | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lie | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Fire | case |
| 7 | Fire | Fire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Ring | nmod |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 meet | advmod |
| 9 | plates | plate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 meet | nsubj |
| 10 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 lie | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | They | the Ring of Fire | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ring=Location | ||||
| 2 | meet | present | plates | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
They all have very large deserts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 large | advmod |
| 5 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 deserts | amod |
| 6 | deserts | desert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | large deserts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient |
Option 4
They are all in the hottest part of the world, near the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 part | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 part | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 part | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 part | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 part | det |
| 6 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 part | amod |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 world | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 world | det |
| 10 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 equator | punct |
| 12 | near | near | ADP | _ | 14 equator | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 equator | det |
| 14 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 part | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | the hottest part and the equator | of the world; all property | tree rules |
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