Test 13 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator

Leo says the South Pole is in the middle of a frozen ocean. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, South Pole · What happens: say, be, freeze · To what, where: middle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Pole	det
4	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Pole	compound
5	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 middle	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 middle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 middle	det
9	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 ocean	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ocean	det
12	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 ocean	amod
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 middle	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 middle	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the South Pole	the middle	of a frozen ocean	tree rules
3	freeze	participle				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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

Yes, and it's the North Pole that sits on land, a big frozen continent

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 Pole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Pole	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Pole	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Pole	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Pole	det
7	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Pole	compound
8	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 sits	nsubj
10	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Pole	acl:relcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 land	case
12	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sits	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 continent	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 continent	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 continent	amod
16	frozen	frozen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 continent	amod
17	continent	continent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Pole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the North Pole and a big frozen continent					tree rules
2	sit	present	the North Pole and a big frozen continent			land			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on land=Location

Option 2

Yes, both poles are frozen oceans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 frozen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 poles	det
4	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 frozen	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 frozen	aux:pass
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 oceans	amod
7	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, that's the North Pole; the South Pole is on Antarctica's land

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 Pole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Pole	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 Pole	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 Pole	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Pole	det
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Pole	compound
7	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 land	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Pole	det
10	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Pole	compound
11	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 land	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 land	cop
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 land	case
14	Antarctica	Antarctica	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 land	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Antarctica	case
16	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Pole	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the North Pole and Antarctica's land					tree rules
2	is	present	the South Pole			Antarctica's land			tree rules

Option 4

No, the South Pole is on a warm island

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 island	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Pole	det
4	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Pole	compound
5	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 island	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 island	cop
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 island	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 island	det
9	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 island	amod
10	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the South Pole			a warm island			tree rules

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