Test 5 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon

What would happen to a footprint on a sandy beach compared with one on the Moon?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, compare · To what, where: sandy beach, Moon

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 footprint	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 footprint	det
6	footprint	footprint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 beach	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 beach	det
9	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beach	amod
10	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
11	compared	compare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 beach	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 one	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 compared	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 Moon	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Moon	det
16	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 compared	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				a sandy beach		to a footprint	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on beach=Location
2	compare	participle		a sandy beach not said here		the Moon		with one	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with one=Co-Patient

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

The Moon one is washed away by rain first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 one	compound
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 washed	aux:pass
5	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 washed	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 rain	case
8	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washed	obl
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 washed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	present · passive	rain	the Moon one				away, first property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The beach one washes away; the Moon one stays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 one	det
2	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 one	compound
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 washes	nsubj
4	washes	wash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 washes	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 stays	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 one	compound
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stays	nsubj
10	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 washes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash away	present	the beach one					away property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	the Moon one						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Both footprints stay exactly where they are for ever and ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 footprints	det
2	footprints	footprint	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stay	nsubj
3	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 where	advmod
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 ever	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ever	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ever	cop
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 stay	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ever	cc
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 ever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	both footprints						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	footprints = footprint					ever property	tree rules

Option 4

Both vanish in a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 vanish	nsubj
2	vanish	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 vanish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	present	Both				day		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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