Test 11 · ★★ · Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands

how come norway's got those deep long sea valleys, the fjord things

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: come norway, those · What happens: get, valley

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 65 «Glaciers, ice ages and polar lands» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 norway	amod
3	norway	norway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 valleys	nsubj
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 valleys	amod
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 valleys	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 valleys	compound
10	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 got	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 things	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 things	det
13	fjord	fjord	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 things	compound
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 valleys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	come norway						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	valley		those						tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

Glaciers carved deep U-shaped valleys that the sea later flooded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glaciers	glacier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carved	nsubj
2	carved	carve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 valleys	amod
4	U	U	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shaped	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 U	punct
6	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 valleys	amod
7	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 carved	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 flooded	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 later	obl:unmarked
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 flooded	advmod
12	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 carved	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carve	past	Glaciers	deep shaped valleys		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valley=Theme
2	shape	participle				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	flood	participle	Glaciers not said here		late property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Earthquakes split the coast into long deep cracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Earthquakes	earthquake	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 split	nsubj
2	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 coast	det
4	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 split	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 cracks	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cracks	amod
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cracks	amod
8	cracks	crack	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 split	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	split	past	Earthquakes	the coast				into long deep cracks result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent coast=Patient into crack=Result

Option 3

Rivers cut deep V-shaped valleys right down to the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rivers	river	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 valleys	amod
4	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shaped	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 V	punct
6	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 valleys	amod
7	valleys	valley	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 down	advmod
9	down	down	ADV	_	2 cut	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	Rivers	deep shaped valleys				to the sea result; down property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent valley=Patient to sea=Result
2	shape	participle							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4

Waves wore away the soft rock over many years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	nsubj
2	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 wore	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wore	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wore	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear away	past	Waves	the soft rock			year	away property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rock=Source

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