Test 2 · ★★★ · The age of science
Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter. Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Galileo, moons, that, everything · What happens: see, go, upset, circle · To what, where: moons, Jupiter, old idea, Earth
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 29 «The age of science» of the history 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: Galileo saw moons going around Jupiter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galileo | Galileo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 moons | acl |
| 5 | around | around | ADP | _ | 6 Jupiter | case |
| 6 | Jupiter | Jupiter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 going | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Galileo | moons | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | moons not said here | Jupiter | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme around jupiter=Initial_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: Why did that upset the old idea that everything circles the Earth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 upset | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 upset | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | upset | upset | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 circles | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 idea | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 idea | amod |
| 7 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 upset | obj |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 circles | mark |
| 9 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 circles | nsubj |
| 10 | circles | circle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Earth | det |
| 12 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 circles | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 circles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | upset | past · do-support | that | the old idea | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus idea=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | circle | present | everything | the Earth | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Here were things clearly circling something else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 circling | advmod |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 circling | aux |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 circling | nsubj |
| 4 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 5 circling | advmod |
| 5 | circling | circle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 circling | obj |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 something | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | circle | past · progressive | things | something | here | clearly property | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Co-Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Jupiter's moons were circling the Earth, like everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jupiter | Jupiter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 moons | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jupiter | case |
| 3 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 circling | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 circling | aux |
| 5 | circling | circle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 circling | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 everything | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 everything | case |
| 10 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 circling | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | circle | past · progressive | Jupiter's moons | the Earth | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |
Option 3
It had nothing to do with it
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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 had | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 do | mark |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 nothing | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | It | nothing | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | with it | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It proved Jupiter was flat
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 proved | nsubj |
| 2 | proved | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jupiter | Jupiter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 flat | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 flat | cop |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 proved | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | past | It | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Jupiter | flat property | tree rules |
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