Test 3 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon
Mia says Armstrong was the first person in space. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, Armstrong · What happens: say, be · To what, where: first person, space · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Mia says Armstrong was the first person in space.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Armstrong | Armstrong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 person | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 person | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 space | case |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 person | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | Armstrong | the first person | space | 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.
Sentence 2: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Armstrong was first in space and also the first to walk on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armstrong | Armstrong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 space | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 space | cop |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 space | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 space | case |
| 5 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 first | cc |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 9 first | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 first | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 space | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 walk | mark |
| 11 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 first | acl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 Moon | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Moon | det |
| 14 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Armstrong | space | first property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | the Moon | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Gagarin was first in space; Armstrong was first on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gagarin | Gagarin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 space | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 space | cop |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 space | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 space | case |
| 5 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 Moon | punct |
| 7 | Armstrong | Armstrong | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Moon | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 Moon | cop |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 Moon | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 Moon | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Moon | det |
| 12 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 space | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Gagarin | space and the Moon | first property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | past | Armstrong | the Moon | first property | tree rules |
Option 3
Laika was first on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laika | Laika | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 was | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 was | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | Laika | the Moon | first property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |
Option 4
Tereshkova was first on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tereshkova | Tereshkova | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 was | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 was | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 was | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | Tereshkova | the Moon | first property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |
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