Test 10 · Soil and what lives in it

our garden's clay and it stays soggy for ages, why

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: clay · What happens: stay

This is test 10 of lesson 63 «Soil and what lives in it» 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	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 garden	nmod:poss
2	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clay	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 garden	case
4	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stays	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stays	cc
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stays	nsubj
7	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	soggy	soggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stays	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 ages	case
10	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stays	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 stays	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	our garden's clay				for ages	soggy property	vn exist-47.1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Clay soil is always below freezing in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soil	compound
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freezing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 freezing	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 freezing	advmod
5	below	below	ADP	_	6 freezing	case
6	freezing	freezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freezing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Clay soil			freezing	winter	always property	tree rules

Option 2

Clay soil has no air in it at all, only water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soil	compound
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 air	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 air	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 water	punct
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 water	advmod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 air	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Clay soil	no air and water		it		at all	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Clay soil holds water and drains slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soil	compound
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drains	cc
6	drains	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 holds	conj
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 drains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Clay soil	water					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme
2	drain	present	Clay soil not said here					slowly property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source

Option 4

Clay soil soaks up rain straight from the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 soil	compound
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soaks	nsubj
3	soaks	soak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 soaks	compound:prt
5	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soaks	obj
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 air	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 air	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 air	det
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 soaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soak up	present	Clay soil	rain		the air			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rain=Theme from air=Source

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