Test 9 · The shape and size of the Earth, the poles and the equator
Where would you come out if you drilled from the North Pole straight through the Earth's centre?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: come out, drill · To what, where: North Pole
This is test 9 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 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 come | advmod |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 drilled | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 drilled | nsubj |
| 8 | drilled | drill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | advcl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 Pole | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Pole | det |
| 11 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Pole | compound |
| 12 | Pole | Pole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 drilled | obl |
| 13 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 18 centre | advmod |
| 14 | through | through | ADP | _ | 18 centre | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Earth | det |
| 16 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 centre | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Earth | case |
| 18 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 drilled | obl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | would | you | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | drill a condition, not said to happen | past | you | the North Pole | through the Earth's centre | vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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
You would come out at the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 equator | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 equator | det |
| 7 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | would | You | the equator | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
You would come out in Australia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Australia | case |
| 6 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | would | You | Australia | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You would come out at the South Pole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Pole | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Pole | det |
| 7 | South | South | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Pole | compound |
| 8 | Pole | Pole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | would | You | the South Pole | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
You would come out in Africa
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Africa | case |
| 6 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | would | You | Africa | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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