Test 12 · Soil and what lives in it

Sam reckons if u dig up the plants the soil stays put no problem. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, u, soil · What happens: reckon, dig up, stay, put · To what, where: plants, problem

This is test 12 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	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 dig	mark
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 dig	nsubj
5	dig	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 dig	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 plants	det
8	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dig	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soil	det
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stays	nsubj
11	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dig	conj
12	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 stays	xcomp
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 problem	det
14	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 put	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reckons	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reckon	present	Sam		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	dig up a condition, not said to happen	present	u	the plants	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent plant=Theme
3	stay	present	the soil		tree rules
4	put	participle	the soil not said here	no problem	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent problem=Goal

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

Yes, soil never moves once it has formed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 moves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moves	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 moves	advmod
5	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	once	once	SCONJ	_	9 formed	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 formed	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 formed	aux
9	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 moves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present	soil						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	form	present · perfect · passive		soil					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, plant roots actually loosen soil and help it wash away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 roots	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roots	compound
4	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 loosen	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 loosen	advmod
6	loosen	loosen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 loosen	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 help	cc
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 loosen	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 help	xcomp
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 wash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	loosen	present	plant roots	soil	actually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent soil=Patient
2	help	infinitive	plant roots not said here	soil		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme
3	wash away	infinitive	soil not said here		away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, the soil would turn straight into solid rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 turn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soil	det
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turn	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 turn	aux
6	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 turn	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 rock	case
9	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rock	amod
10	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	would	the soil			solid rock		straight property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into rock=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, bare soil is easily washed or blown away without roots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 bare	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 soil	amod
4	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 washed	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 washed	aux:pass
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	7 washed	advmod
7	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 blown	cc
9	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 washed	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 blown	advmod
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 roots	case
12	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 blown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · passive		bare soil				easily property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	blow away	participle						without roots; away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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