Test 2 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars
"Mercury's closest to the Sun so it's DEFINITELY hottest, no question." What's a kind answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sun, kind answer · What happens: be
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» 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: "Mercury's closest to the Sun so it's DEFINITELY hottest, no question."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 closest | punct |
| 2 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closest | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Mercury | case |
| 4 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 question | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closest | obl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 hottest | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hottest | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hottest | cop |
| 11 | DEFINITELY | definitely | ADV | _ | 12 hottest | advmod |
| 12 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 question | amod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 question | punct |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 question | det |
| 15 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 question | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Sun | definitely, hot property | tree rules |
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 kind answer?
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 | a kind answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"You're thick, it's obviously Mars."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 thick | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 thick | nsubj |
| 3 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thick | cop |
| 4 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Mars | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 Mars | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Mars | cop |
| 8 | obviously | obviously | ADV | _ | 9 Mars | advmod |
| 9 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 thick | conj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thick | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 thick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | You | thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | Mars | obviously property | tree rules |
Option 2
"Planets don't have temperatures."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 2 | Planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 have | advmod |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | temperatures | temperature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have in a quote | present · do-support | Planets | temperatures | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temperature=Patient |
Option 3
"Yeah, no question at all."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| 2 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 question | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 question | det |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 question | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 question | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"I'd guess that too! But Venus wins because of its thick air."
Sentence 1: "I'd guess that too!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 guess | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 guess | nsubj |
| 3 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 guess | aux |
| 4 | guess | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 guess | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 guess | advmod |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 guess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guess in a quote | would | I | that | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |
Sentence 2: But Venus wins because of its thick air."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 3 wins | cc |
| 2 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | nsubj |
| 3 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 8 air | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 because | fixed |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 air | nmod:poss |
| 7 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 air | amod |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wins | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wins | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 wins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | Venus | because its thick air | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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