Test 7 · Deserts

«why do scientists test mars rovers in the atacama» Which is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientists · What happens: test, be · To what, where: mars rovers, atacama, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 18 «Deserts» of the geography 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 test	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 test	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 test	aux
4	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 test	nsubj
5	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 answer	csubj
6	mars	mars	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rovers	amod
7	rovers	rover	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 test	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 atacama	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 atacama	det
10	atacama	atacama	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 test	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 test	punct
12	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 answer	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 answer	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 answer	det
15	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	16 answer	amod
16	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test in a quote	present · do-support	scientists	mars rovers		the atacama			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rover=Theme
2	be speech: assert	present		the best answer					tree rules

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

It has red sand that fell down from Mars a long time ago

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sand	amod
4	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sand	acl:relcl
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 Mars	case
9	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fell	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fell	obl:unmarked
13	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	It	red sand					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient
2	fall down	past	red sand			Mars	time	ago, down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from mars=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its soil is so dry and lifeless that it is a lot like Mars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 soil	nmod:poss
2	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dry	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 dry	advmod
5	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 lifeless	cc
7	lifeless	lifeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dry	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 lot	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lot	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 lot	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lot	det
12	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dry	advcl
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 Mars	case
14	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Its soil		dry property	tree rules
2	be		Its soil not said here			tree rules
3	is a	present	soil	a lot	like Mars	tree rules
4	soil		Its = it			nom soil «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It is the hottest place on Earth, just as hot as Mars is

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 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 hot	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 hot	advmod
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 hot	advmod
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 Mars	case
13	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 hot	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the hottest place		Earth			tree rules

Option 4

It is the closest place to Mars

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 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Mars	case
7	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the closest place	Mars				tree rules

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