Test 4 · ★★ · Earth from space
In a space film, an asteroid explodes with a huge BOOM heard by the heroes in their ship far away. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: asteroid · What happens: explode, hear, be · To what, where: space film, huge BOOM, ship
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: In a space film, an asteroid explodes with a huge BOOM heard by the heroes in their ship far away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 3 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | compound |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explodes | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 film | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 asteroid | det |
| 7 | asteroid | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explodes | nsubj |
| 8 | explodes | explode | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 BOOM | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 BOOM | det |
| 11 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 BOOM | amod |
| 12 | BOOM | boom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explodes | obl |
| 13 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 BOOM | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 heroes | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 heroes | det |
| 16 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 heard | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 ship | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 ship | nmod:poss |
| 19 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 heard | obl |
| 20 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 away | advmod |
| 21 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 heard | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 explodes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explode | present | a asteroid | a space film | with a huge BOOM | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location | |||
| 2 | hear | participle | a huge BOOM not said here | heroes's ship | by the heroes; away property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sound can't travel through nearly empty space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 travel | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 travel | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 travel | advmod |
| 4 | travel | travel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 space | case |
| 6 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 7 empty | advmod |
| 7 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 space | amod |
| 8 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 travel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not travel | can | Sound | empty space | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=Trajectory |
Option 2
It should be a quiet pop
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 | 6 pop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pop | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 pop | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pop | det |
| 5 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pop | amod |
| 6 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | It | a quiet pop | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, explosions are loud everywhere in the universe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 loud | punct |
| 3 | explosions | explosion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loud | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 loud | cop |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | amod |
| 6 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 loud | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 universe | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 universe | det |
| 9 | universe | universe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | explosions | the universe | everywhere, loud property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only big asteroids are silent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 asteroids | advmod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 asteroids | amod |
| 3 | asteroids | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 silent | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silent | cop |
| 5 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | big asteroids | silent property | tree rules |
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