Test 9 · ★★ · Earth from space
A cartoon astronaut takes off his helmet in space and blows up like a balloon. What's the real danger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon astronaut, real danger · What happens: take off, blow up, be · To what, where: helmet, space
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A cartoon astronaut takes off his helmet in space and blows up like a balloon.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 astronaut | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 astronaut | compound |
| 3 | astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 takes | nsubj |
| 4 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 takes | compound:prt |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 takes | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 space | case |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 takes | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 blows | cc |
| 11 | blows | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 takes | conj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 blows | compound:prt |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 balloon | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 balloon | det |
| 15 | balloon | balloon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 blows | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | present | a cartoon astronaut | astronaut's helmet | space | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme | |||
| 2 | blow up | present | a cartoon astronaut not said here | like a balloon | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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 the real danger?
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 | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No air: he'd pass out in seconds and need rescue fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 air | det |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 need | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 pass | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pass | nsubj |
| 5 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pass | aux |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 air | acl:relcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 pass | compound:prt |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 seconds | case |
| 9 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pass | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pass | cc |
| 11 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 need | obj |
| 13 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 need | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass out | would | air | no air not said here | second | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent air=Theme | |||
| 2 | need | present | no air | rescue | fast property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rescue=Theme |
Option 2
He would pop at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pop | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pop | aux |
| 3 | pop | pop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 pop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pop | would | He | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
Option 3
The cold would freeze him in a second
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cold | det |
| 2 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 freeze | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 freeze | aux |
| 4 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 freeze | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 second | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 second | det |
| 8 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 freeze | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | would | the cold | him = he | second | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result |
Option 4
He'd float away happily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 float | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 float | aux |
| 3 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 float | advmod |
| 5 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 3 float | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float away | would | He | away, happily property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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