Test 10 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon
In a cartoon a lone hero builds a rocket in his garage and flies to the Moon. What is more real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lone hero · What happens: build, fly, be · To what, where: rocket, cartoon
This is test 10 of lesson 35 «Space: from Sputnik to the Moon» 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: In a cartoon a lone hero builds a rocket in his garage and flies to the Moon.
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 | 7 builds | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 5 | lone | lone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hero | amod |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builds | nsubj |
| 7 | builds | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rocket | det |
| 9 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builds | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 garage | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 garage | nmod:poss |
| 12 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 builds | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 flies | cc |
| 14 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 builds | conj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Moon | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Moon | det |
| 17 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 flies | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 builds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | a lone hero | a rocket | a cartoon | in hero's garage | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rocket=Product | ||
| 2 | fly | present | a lone hero not said here | to the Moon result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to moon=Result |
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 more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | advmod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Thousands of people worked together on Apollo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 people | case |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Thousands | nmod |
| 4 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 worked | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Apollo | case |
| 7 | Apollo | Apollo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 worked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work together | past | Thousands of people | on Apollo; together property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on apollo=Theme |
Option 2
Rockets are easy to build at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rockets | rocket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 easy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 easy | cop |
| 3 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 build | mark |
| 5 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 easy | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 build | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Rockets | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | build | to-infinitive | Rockets not said here | home | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Only the astronauts did any work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 did | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 astronauts | det |
| 3 | astronauts | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 work | det |
| 6 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the astronauts | any work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
Option 4
One brave person did it all on his own in a shed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 person | nummod |
| 2 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 it | det |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 own | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 own | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 did | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 shed | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shed | det |
| 12 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | One brave person | it | person's own | in a shed | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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