Exam question 1 · The night sky and outdoor myths

Identify the nature of a shooting star.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: nature

This is exam question 1 of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 star	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 star	det
6	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 star	compound
7	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the nature of a shooting star					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme

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

A small piece of space rock burning up high in the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 piece	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 piece	amod
3	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 rock	case
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rock	compound
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 piece	nmod
7	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 rock	acl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 burning	compound:prt
9	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 burning	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 air	det
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn up	gerund	space rock not said here			the air		high property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Location

Option 2

A satellite exploding in orbit high above the atmosphere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 satellite	det
2	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	exploding	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 satellite	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 orbit	case
5	orbit	orbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exploding	obl
6	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 exploding	advmod
7	above	above	ADP	_	9 atmosphere	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 atmosphere	det
9	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exploding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explode	gerund	a satellite not said here			orbit		above the atmosphere; high property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in orbit=Location

Option 3

A star falling towards the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 star	det
2	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 star	acl
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	a star not said here			the Earth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards earth=Initial_Location

Option 4

A spark thrown off from the surface of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spark	det
2	spark	spark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 spark	acl
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 thrown	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 surface	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 surface	det
7	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Moon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Moon	det
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 surface	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw off	participle		a spark not said here		the surface of the Moon			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from surface=Initial_Location

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