Test 7 · ★★ · Earth from space
Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!" What's a fun way to show him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sun, Grandpa winks · What happens: go round, look, move, be, show · To what, where: us, sky, fun way, him
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandpa | grandpa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 winks | compound |
| 2 | winks | wink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 look | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sun | det |
| 6 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 look | advcl |
| 8 | round | round | ADV | _ | 7 goes | advmod |
| 9 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 goes | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 moves | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 moves | nsubj |
| 14 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 look | parataxis |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 sky | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 sky | det |
| 17 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 moves | obl |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go round in a quote | present | the Sun | us | round property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | look in a quote | infinitive | Grandpa winks | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | move in a quote | present | Sun | the sky | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory |
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 a fun way to show him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 show | iobj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fun way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spin a ball near a torch to show day and night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spin | spin | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spin | obj |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 torch | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 torch | det |
| 6 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spin | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 show | mark |
| 8 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Spin | advcl |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 show | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 night | cc |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 day | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | imperative | you not said here | a ball | a torch | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | |||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | you not said here | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Point at the Sun and stare at it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stare | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 Sun | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sun | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Point | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stare | cc |
| 6 | stare | stare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stare | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | infinitive | Point at the Sun | at Sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
Option 3
Draw the Sun on the ceiling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Draw | draw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sun | det |
| 3 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ceiling | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ceiling | det |
| 6 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Draw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | imperative | you not said here | the Sun | the ceiling | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sun=Theme on ceiling=Destination |
Option 4
Tell him old people can't learn anything new anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 learn | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 learn | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 learn | advmod |
| 7 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 learn | obj |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 anything | amod |
| 10 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 learn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not learn | can | old people | anything | anyway property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
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