Test 11 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close

my cousin says most of the earth's water is fresh water we can drink. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, water, we · What happens: say, be, drink · To what, where: most, fresh water · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 64 «Rivers, lakes and the sea 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 says	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	12 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 earth	case
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 water	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 water	cop
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 water	amod
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 most	nmod
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 drink	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 drink	aux
15	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 water	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin	most		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent most=Topic
2	is	present	water		of the earth's fresh water	tree rules
3	drink	can	we	the earth's fresh water not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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.

The options

Option 1

No, most of it is frozen in the clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 frozen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 frozen	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 frozen	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 most	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 frozen	aux:pass
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 clouds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clouds	det
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 frozen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present · passive		most of it		the clouds			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, most water on Earth is in rivers and lakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 rivers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 water	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 water	amod
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rivers	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 water	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rivers	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 rivers	case
9	rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lakes	cc
11	lakes	lake	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rivers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	most water on Earth			rivers and lakes			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, rain makes most of the water on Earth fresh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 makes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 most	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 water	nmod
11	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	rain	most of the water on Earth				fresh property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset most=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, about 97 parts in 100 are salty sea water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 water	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 parts	punct
3	about	about	ADV	_	4 97	advmod
4	97	97	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 parts	nummod
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 water	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 100	case
7	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 parts	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 water	cop
9	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 water	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 water	compound
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	97 parts in 100	salty sea water					tree rules

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