Test 8 · ★★ · Earth from space An astronaut photo shows the Sun looking white. Your friend says the photo's broken. What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: astronaut photo, friend, truth · What happens: show, look, say, break, be · To what, where: Sun, photo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: An astronaut photo shows the Sun looking white.
det compound nsubj det obj advcl xcomp punct root An DET astronaut NOUN photo NOUN shows VERB the DET Sun PROPN looking VERB white ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 photo det 2 astronaut astronaut NOUN Number=Sing 3 photo compound 3 photo photo NOUN Number=Sing 4 shows nsubj 4 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Sun det 6 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 4 shows obj 7 looking look VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 shows advcl 8 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 7 looking xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present a astronaut photo the Sun vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sun=Recipient 2 look gerund a astronaut photo not said here white property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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: Your friend says the photo's broken.
nmod:poss nsubj det nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp punct root Your PRON friend NOUN says VERB the DET photo NOUN 's AUX broken VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 photo det 5 photo photo NOUN Number=Sing 7 broken nsubj:pass 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 broken aux:pass 7 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 says ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 break present · passive the photo vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 The Sun goes white once a year
det nsubj xcomp advmod det obl:unmarked root The DET Sun PROPN goes VERB white ADJ once ADV a DET year NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Sun det 2 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 3 goes xcomp 5 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 3 goes advmod 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 year det 7 year year NOUN Number=Sing 5 once obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present the Sun once, white property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 The Sun is white only at night
det nsubj cop advmod case obl:unmarked root The DET Sun PROPN is AUX white ADJ only ADV at ADP night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Sun det 2 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 4 white nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 white cop 4 white white ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 only only ADV _ 7 night advmod 6 at at ADP _ 7 night case 7 night night NOUN Number=Sing 4 white obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the Sun night white property tree rules
Option 3 The camera turned it white by mistake
det nsubj obj xcomp case obl root The DET camera NOUN turned VERB it PRON white ADJ by ADP mistake NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 camera det 2 camera camera NOUN Number=Sing 3 turned nsubj 3 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 turned obj 5 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 3 turned xcomp 6 by by ADP _ 7 mistake case 7 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 3 turned obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn past the camera it by mistake; white property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer From space, without our air, the Sun really looks white
case obl punct case nmod:poss conj punct det nsubj advmod xcomp root From ADP space NOUN , PUNCT without ADP our PRON air NOUN , PUNCT the DET Sun PROPN really ADV looks VERB white ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 From from ADP _ 2 space case 2 space space NOUN Number=Sing 11 looks obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 air punct 4 without without ADP _ 6 air case 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 air nmod:poss 6 air air NOUN Number=Sing 2 space conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 space punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Sun det 9 Sun Sun PROPN Number=Sing 11 looks nsubj 10 really really ADV _ 11 looks advmod 11 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 11 looks xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 look present the Sun from space and our air; white property vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from space=Theme
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