Test 11 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

wots the equator again

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: wot · To what, where: equator

This is test 11 of lesson 7 «The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator» 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	wots	wot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 equator	det
3	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wots	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	1 wots	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wot	present		the equator			again		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

An imaginary line round the middle, halfway between the poles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 line	det
2	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 line	amod
3	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 middle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 middle	det
6	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 line	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 poles	punct
8	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	11 poles	advmod
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 poles	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 poles	det
11	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 line	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The line you'd draw from the North Pole down to the South Pole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 draw	nsubj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 draw	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 draw	aux
5	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 Pole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Pole	det
8	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pole	compound
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 draw	obl
10	down	down	ADV	_	5 draw	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 Pole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Pole	det
13	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Pole	compound
14	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 draw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	would	the line		the South Pole	the North Pole		down property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent from pole=Initial_Location to pole=Destination

Option 3

The edge of the world where the sea ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 edge	det
2	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ends	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 world	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 world	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 edge	nmod
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 ends	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ends	nsubj
9	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	the edge of the world						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

A real painted line you can stand on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 line	det
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 line	amod
3	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 line	amod
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 stand	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stand	aux
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 line	acl:relcl
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	participle							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stand on	can	you	a real painted line not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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