Test 6 · Space: from Sputnik to the Moon

Why did one small step get called one giant leap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: call · To what, where: one small step · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 called	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 step	nummod
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 step	amod
5	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj:pass
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 called	aux:pass
7	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 leap	nummod
9	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 leap	amod
10	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive · do-support		one small step					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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 right answer

It was a small step for one man but a huge achievement for people

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 step	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 step	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 step	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 step	amod
5	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 man	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 man	nummod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 step	nmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 achievement	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 achievement	det
11	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 achievement	amod
12	achievement	achievement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 man	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 people	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 step	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a small step				for one man but a huge achievement; for people	tree rules

Option 2

He tripped on the ladder and fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tripped	nsubj
2	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 ladder	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ladder	det
5	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tripped	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 fell	cc
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tripped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trip	past	He			the ladder			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ladder=Trajectory
2	fall	past	He not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The surface was steep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 surface	det
2	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 steep	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 steep	cop
4	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the surface					steep property	tree rules

Option 4

Armstrong jumped very high off the ladder, much higher than on Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Armstrong	Armstrong	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 high	advmod
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 jumped	xcomp
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 ladder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ladder	det
7	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 higher	punct
9	much	much	ADV	_	10 higher	advmod
10	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 jumped	parataxis
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	Armstrong			the ladder		high property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off ladder=Trajectory

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