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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.

casedetcompoundoblpunctdetnsubjcasedetamodoblaclcasedetoblcasenmod:possobladvmodadvmodpunctrootInADPaDETspaceNOUNfilmNOUN,PUNCTanDETasteroidNOUNexplodesVERBwithADPaDEThugeADJBOOMNOUNheardVERBbyADPtheDETheroesNOUNinADPtheirPRONshipNOUNfarADVawayADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_4 filmcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 filmdet
3spacespaceNOUNNumber=Sing4 filmcompound
4filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing8 explodesobl
5,,PUNCT_4 filmpunct
6anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 asteroiddet
7asteroidasteroidNOUNNumber=Sing8 explodesnsubj
8explodesexplodeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
9withwithADP_12 BOOMcase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 BOOMdet
11hugehugeADJDegree=Pos12 BOOMamod
12BOOMboomNOUNNumber=Sing8 explodesobl
13heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass12 BOOMacl
14bybyADP_16 heroescase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 heroesdet
16heroesheroNOUNNumber=Plur13 heardobl
17ininADP_19 shipcase
18theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs19 shipnmod:poss
19shipshipNOUNNumber=Sing13 heardobl
20farfarADVDegree=Pos21 awayadvmod
21awayawayADV_13 heardadvmod
22..PUNCT_8 explodespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1explodepresenta asteroida space filmwith a huge BOOMvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location
2hearparticiplea huge BOOM not said hereheroes's shipby the heroes; away propertyvn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sound can't travel through nearly empty space

nsubjauxadvmodcaseadvmodamodoblrootSoundNOUNcaAUXn'tPARTtravelVERBthroughADPnearlyADVemptyADJspaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SoundsoundNOUNNumber=Sing4 travelnsubj
2cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 travelaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 traveladvmod
4traveltravelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5throughthroughADP_8 spacecase
6nearlynearlyADV_7 emptyadvmod
7emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos8 spaceamod
8spacespaceNOUNNumber=Sing4 travelobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not travelcanSoundempty spacevn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through space=Trajectory

Option 2

It should be a quiet pop

nsubjauxcopdetamodrootItPRONshouldAUXbeAUXaDETquietADJpopNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 popnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 popaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 popcop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 popdet
5quietquietADJDegree=Pos6 popamod
6poppopNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is ashouldIta quiet poptree rules

Option 3

Nothing, explosions are loud everywhere in the universe

punctnsubjcopamodadvmodcasedetoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCTexplosionsNOUNareAUXloudADJeverywhereADVinADPtheDETuniverseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Negrootroot
2,,PUNCT_5 loudpunct
3explosionsexplosionNOUNNumber=Plur5 loudnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 loudcop
5loudloudADJDegree=Pos1 Nothingamod
6everywhereeverywhereADVPronType=Tot5 loudadvmod
7ininADP_9 universecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 universedet
9universeuniverseNOUNNumber=Sing5 loudobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentexplosionsthe universeeverywhere, loud propertytree rules

Option 4

Only big asteroids are silent

advmodamodnsubjcoprootOnlyADVbigADJasteroidsNOUNareAUXsilentADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 asteroidsadvmod
2bigbigADJDegree=Pos3 asteroidsamod
3asteroidsasteroidNOUNNumber=Plur5 silentnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 silentcop
5silentsilentADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentbig asteroidssilent propertytree rules

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