Test 12 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator
a video said the Earth is flat and ships just get too small to see. true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, Earth, ships · What happens: say, be, get, see · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 video | det |
| 2 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Earth | det |
| 5 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 flat | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 flat | cop |
| 7 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 get | cc |
| 9 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 small | advmod |
| 13 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 get | xcomp |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 see | mark |
| 15 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 small | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 17 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 get | xcomp |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | a video | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Earth | flat property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | present | ships | small, true property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | see | to-infinitive | ships not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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, ships sink down a little as they sail away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 sink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sink | nsubj |
| 4 | sink | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 sink | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 little | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sink | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 sail | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sail | nsubj |
| 10 | sail | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sink | advcl |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 sail | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink down | present | ships | a little | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sail away | present | ships = ship | away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, ships just shrink until you can't see them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 shrink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 shrink | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 shrink | advmod |
| 5 | shrink | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 see | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 shrink | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | present | ships | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not see | can | you | ships = ship | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, the sea is flat so ships only get smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 flat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sea | det |
| 4 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flat | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flat | cop |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 8 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 get | nsubj |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 get | advmod |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 flat | advcl |
| 11 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sea | flat property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | ships | small property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, ships vanish from the bottom up because the Earth curves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 vanish | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 vanish | nsubj |
| 4 | vanish | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 bottom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bottom | det |
| 7 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vanish | obl |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 vanish | advmod |
| 9 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 12 curves | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Earth | det |
| 11 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 curves | compound |
| 12 | curves | curve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 vanish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | present | ships | the bottom | because Earth curves | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from bottom=Initial_Location |
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