Test 4 · Rivers, lakes and the sea up close
A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day. What is mainly responsible?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: fisherman, sea · What happens: notice, come, be · To what, where: beach · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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
Sentence 1: A fisherman notices that the sea comes high up the beach twice each day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fisherman | det |
| 2 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 notices | nsubj |
| 3 | notices | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 comes | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 notices | ccomp |
| 8 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 comes | advmod |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 beach | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 beach | det |
| 11 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | obl |
| 12 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 comes | advmod |
| 13 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 notices | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | a fisherman | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | come | present | the sea | the beach | day | high, twice property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme up beach=Initial_Location |
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.
Sentence 2: What is mainly responsible?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 responsible | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 responsible | cop |
| 3 | mainly | mainly | ADV | _ | 4 responsible | advmod |
| 4 | responsible | responsible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 responsible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | mainly, responsible property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The fish moving about the sea in large groups
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fish | det |
| 2 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fish | acl |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moving | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 groups | case |
| 8 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 groups | amod |
| 9 | groups | group | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 moving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | gerund | the fish not said here | large groups | about the sea | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme about sea=Source in group=Trajectory |
Option 2
The rivers emptying their water into the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rivers | det |
| 2 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | emptying | empty | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 rivers | acl |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 water | nmod:poss |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 emptying | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 emptying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | empty | gerund | the rivers not said here | rivers's water | the sea | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme into sea=Destination |
Option 3
The wind changing direction twice every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 wind | acl |
| 4 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changing | obj |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 changing | advmod |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | gerund | the wind not said here | direction | day | twice property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Moon's gravity pulling on the ocean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gravity | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Moon | case |
| 4 | gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | pulling | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 gravity | acl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 ocean | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ocean | det |
| 8 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pulling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | gerund | the Moon's gravity not said here | on the ocean | vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on ocean=Theme |
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