Test 9 · ★★ · The night sky and outdoor myths

saw a shooting star!! is that a star falling

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: star · What happens: see, be, fall · To what, where: shooting star, star

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 240 «The night sky and outdoor myths» of the everyday 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	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 star	parataxis
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 star	det
3	shooting	shooting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 star	compound
4	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 saw	obj
5	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	1 saw	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 star	cop
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 star	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 star	det
9	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 star	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past		a shooting star	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus
2	is a	present		a star	tree rules
3	fall	gerund	a star not said here		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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

Yes, it's a star dying n falling to bits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 star	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 star	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 star	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 star	det
6	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	dying	die	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 star	acl
8	n	n	SCONJ	_	9 falling	mark
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 dying	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 bits	case
11	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a star		tree rules
2	die	gerund	a star not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	fall	gerund	a star not said here		to bits	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to bit=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a bit of space rock burning up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 rock	case
8	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rock	compound
9	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
10	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bit	acl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 burning	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a bit				of space rock	tree rules
2	burn up	gerund	a bit not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It's an aeroplane light flashing as it flies past

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 light	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 light	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 light	det
4	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	compound
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	flashing	flash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 light	acl
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 flies	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flies	nsubj
9	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 flashing	advcl
10	past	past	ADV	_	9 flies	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a aeroplane light		tree rules
2	flash	gerund	a aeroplane light not said here			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fly	present	light		past property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, a whole star just fell out of the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 star	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 fell	advmod
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	11 sky	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sky	det
11	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a whole star			the sky			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out sky=Location

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