Test 8 · ★ · Volcanoes and earthquakes up close

What would you find right on the epicentre of an earthquake?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: find · To what, where: epicentre

This is test 8 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 find	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	right	right	ADV	_	4 find	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 epicentre	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 epicentre	det
8	epicentre	epicentre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 earthquake	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 earthquake	det
11	earthquake	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 epicentre	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	would	you			the epicentre of a earthquake		right property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 hole the lava comes out of

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hole	det
2	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lava	det
4	lava	lava	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 comes	advmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 out	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	the hole						vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The point of the surface directly above where the rocks slipped

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 slipped	nsubj
3	of	of	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	directly	directly	ADV	_	11 slipped	advmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	11 slipped	mark
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 slipped	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rocks	det
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 slipped	nsubj
11	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the point of the surface					directly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	point			the surface					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The edge where the shaking stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 edge	det
2	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 stops	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shaking	det
5	shaking	shaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stops	nsubj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 edge	acl:relcl

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The deepest point of the fault, where the rocks first start to slip

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	12 start	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fault	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fault	det
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 point	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 start	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 start	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rocks	det
10	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 start	nsubj
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 start	advmod
12	start	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 slip	mark
14	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	start	present	the deepest point of the fault		first property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	slip	to-infinitive	the deepest point of the fault not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	point			the fault		nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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