Test 11 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

so what even is the epicentre of a quake

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: epicentre

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	2 what	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	even	even	ADV	_	6 epicentre	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 epicentre	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 epicentre	det
6	epicentre	epicentre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 quake	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 quake	det
9	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 epicentre	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the epicentre				of a quake	tree rules

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

The place where the quake does the most damage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 does	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 quake	det
5	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 place	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 damage	det
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 damage	amod
9	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	the quake	the most damage					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damage=Eventuality

Option 2

The deepest point where the quake starts underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 point	det
2	deepest	deep	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 point	amod
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 starts	nsubj:outer
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 starts	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quake	det
6	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 starts	nsubj
7	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	underground	underground	ADV	_	7 starts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the deepest point					underground property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

The middle of the plate where the quake ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 middle	det
2	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 plate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plate	det
5	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 middle	nmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 ends	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 quake	det
8	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ends	nsubj
9	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 plate	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	the quake						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

The point on the surface right above where the quake starts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 point	det
2	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 starts	nsubj:outer
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 surface	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 point	nmod
6	right	right	ADV	_	11 starts	advmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	11 starts	case
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 starts	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quake	det
10	quake	quake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 starts	nsubj
11	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present	the point on the surface					right property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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