Test 6 · ★★ · The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

In a cartoon the dinosaurs look up, see the asteroid, and all fall over dead at once. What is closer to the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dinosaurs, all · What happens: look up, see, fall, be · To what, where: asteroid, dead

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology 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

Sentence 1: In a cartoon the dinosaurs look up, see the asteroid, and all fall over dead at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dinosaurs	det
5	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 look	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 look	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 asteroid	det
11	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fall	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fall	cc
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 fall	nsubj
15	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 look	conj
16	over	over	ADP	_	17 dead	case
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fall	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	15 fall	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look up	present	the dinosaurs			in a cartoon	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme
2	see	infinitive	the dinosaurs not said here	the asteroid			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer asteroid=Stimulus
3	fall	present	all		dead		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over dead=Location

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.

Sentence 2: What is closer to the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 closer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 closer	cop
3	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 truth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closer	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 closer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						to the truth; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Many died in fires and waves, and many more starved slowly in the dark months after

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 fires	case
4	fires	fire	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 died	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waves	cc
6	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fires	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 starved	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 starved	cc
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 more	amod
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 starved	advmod
11	starved	starve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	conj
12	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	11 starved	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 months	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 months	det
15	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 months	compound
16	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 starved	obl
17	after	after	ADP	_	11 starved	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Many					in fires and waves	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in fire=Attribute
2	starve after	past	Many not said here				month	slowly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

None died at first; they all saw it coming and walked to safer lands far away

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 first	case
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 died	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 saw	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 saw	advmod
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 died	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saw	obj
10	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 saw	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walked	cc
12	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 saw	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 lands	case
14	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 lands	amod
15	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walked	obl
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 away	advmod
17	away	away	ADV	_	12 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	past	None			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	see	past	they	it		tree rules
3	come	gerund				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	walk	past	they not said here		to safer lands result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to land=Result

Option 3

All dinosaurs everywhere died in the very same second, wherever they were standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 dinosaurs	det
2	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 died	nsubj
3	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 died	advmod
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 same	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 died	obl
9	second	second	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 died	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 standing	punct
11	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	14 standing	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 standing	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 standing	aux
14	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 died	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	all dinosaurs					in the same; everywhere, second property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in same=Attribute
2	stand	past · progressive	dinosaurs = dinosaur					wherever property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The asteroid missed the Earth, and only the volcanoes in India mattered in the end

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 asteroid	det
2	asteroid	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 missed	nsubj
3	missed	miss	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	3 missed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mattered	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mattered	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 volcanoes	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 volcanoes	det
10	volcanoes	volcano	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 mattered	nsubj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 India	case
12	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 volcanoes	nmod
13	mattered	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 missed	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	the asteroid	the Earth					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer earth=Stimulus
2	matter	past	the volcanoes in India				in the end		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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