Test 3 · ★★ · Earth from space You poke holes in a paper cup of water and drop it. The water stops pouring while it falls. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, water, this · What happens: poke, drop, stop, pour, fall, show · To what, where: holes, paper cup, water
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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: You poke holes in a paper cup of water and drop it.
nsubj obj case det compound obl case nmod cc conj obj punct root You PRON poke VERB holes NOUN in ADP a DET paper NOUN cup NOUN of ADP water NOUN and CCONJ drop VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 poke nsubj 2 poke poke VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 2 poke obj 4 in in ADP _ 7 cup case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 cup det 6 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 7 cup compound 7 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 2 poke obl 8 of of ADP _ 9 water case 9 water water NOUN Number=Sing 7 cup nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 drop cc 11 drop drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 poke conj 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 drop obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 poke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 poke present You holes a paper cup of water vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme 2 drop present You not said here water vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
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: The water stops pouring while it falls.
det nsubj xcomp mark nsubj advcl punct root The DET water NOUN stops VERB pouring VERB while SCONJ it PRON falls VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 water det 2 water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 stops nsubj 3 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 pouring pour VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 stops xcomp 5 while while SCONJ _ 7 falls mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 falls nsubj 7 falls fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 pouring advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 stops punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present the water vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 pour gerund the water not said here vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source 3 fall present water vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What does this show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The holes in the cup close up tight when they fall
det nsubj case det nmod compound:prt advmod mark nsubj advcl root The DET holes NOUN in ADP the DET cup NOUN close VERB up ADP tight ADV when SCONJ they PRON fall VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 holes det 2 holes hole NOUN Number=Plur 6 close nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 cup case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 cup det 5 cup cup NOUN Number=Sing 2 holes nmod 6 close close VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 up up ADP _ 6 close compound:prt 8 tight tight ADV _ 6 close advmod 9 when when SCONJ _ 11 fall mark 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 fall nsubj 11 fall fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 close advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 close up infinitive the holes in the cup tight property vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 2 fall present holes = hole vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Water is lighter than air
nsubj cop case obl root Water NOUN is AUX lighter ADJ than ADP air NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Water water NOUN Number=Sing 3 lighter nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 lighter cop 3 lighter light ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 than than ADP _ 5 air case 5 air air NOUN Number=Sing 3 lighter obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Water than air; light property tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Falling things feel weightless, like astronauts
amod nsubj xcomp punct case obl root Falling VERB things NOUN feel VERB weightless ADJ , PUNCT like ADP astronauts NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Falling fall VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 things amod 2 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 3 feel nsubj 3 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 weightless weightless ADJ Degree=Pos 3 feel xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 astronauts punct 6 like like ADP _ 7 astronauts case 7 astronauts astronaut NOUN Number=Plur 3 feel obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall gerund vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 feel present Falling things like astronauts; weightless property vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like astronaut=Theme
Option 4 Gravity switches off for cups
nsubj compound:prt case obl root Gravity NOUN switches VERB off ADP for ADP cups NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gravity gravity NOUN Number=Sing 2 switches nsubj 2 switches switch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 off off ADP _ 2 switches compound:prt 4 for for ADP _ 5 cups case 5 cups cup NOUN Number=Plur 2 switches obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 switch off present Gravity for cups vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme for cup=Co-Theme
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