Test 3 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars
Ruby's mum learned nine planets at school and is cross about Pluto. What's fair to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: learn, be, say · To what, where: nine planets, school · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Ruby's mum learned nine planets at school and is cross about Pluto.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | nsubj |
| 4 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nine | nine | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 planets | nummod |
| 6 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 learned | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 learned | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 cross | cc |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cross | cop |
| 11 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 learned | conj |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 Pluto | case |
| 13 | Pluto | Pluto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 cross | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 learned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | Ruby's mum | nine planets | school | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Topic | |||
| 2 | is | present | Ruby's mum not said here | about Pluto; cross 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 fair to say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fair | csubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Scientists changed the definition in 2006, and some still argue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 definition | det |
| 4 | definition | definition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 changed | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 2006 | case |
| 6 | 2006 | 2006 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 changed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 argue | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 argue | cc |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 argue | nsubj |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 argue | advmod |
| 11 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 changed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | past | Scientists | the definition | 2006 | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent definition=Patient | |||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | present | some | still | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Her school taught her lies on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 school | nmod:poss |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taught | nsubj |
| 3 | taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 lies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 taught | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 purpose | case |
| 7 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | past | Her school | school's lies | purpose | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient | |||
| 2 | lie | school | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Pluto was never real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pluto | Pluto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 real | advmod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | Pluto | real property | tree rules |
Option 4
Pluto will be made a planet again next year, scientists promised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pluto | Pluto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 planet | det |
| 6 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 year | amod |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 promised | punct |
| 11 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 promised | nsubj |
| 12 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future · passive | Pluto | again; year | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary planet=Product | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | past | scientists | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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