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Exam question 3 · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests

It is given that a hammer and a feather were released simultaneously upon the lunar surface in 1971. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, release, select, establish · To what, where: It, hammer, 1971, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a hammer and a feather were released simultaneously upon the lunar surface in 1971.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 released	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hammer	det
6	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 released	nsubj:pass
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 feather	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 feather	det
9	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hammer	conj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 released	aux:pass
11	released	release	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
12	simultaneously	simultaneously	ADV	_	11 released	advmod
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 surface	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 surface	det
15	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 surface	amod
16	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 released	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 1971	case
18	1971	1971	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 released	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	release	past · passive		a hammer and a feather		1971		upon the lunar surface; simultaneously property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source

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: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Both objects reached the surface at the same moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 objects	det
2	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 moment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 moment	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 moment	amod
9	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	both objects	the surface			moment		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme

Option 2

The feather did not descend at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 feather	det
2	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 descend	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 descend	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 descend	advmod
5	descend	descend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 descend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not descend	past · do-support	the feather			all			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The hammer reached the surface considerably earlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hammer	det
2	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	7 earlier	advmod
7	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 reached	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the hammer	the surface				early property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme

Option 4

The feather reached the surface considerably earlier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 feather	det
2	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	nsubj
3	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 surface	det
5	surface	surface	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reached	obj
6	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	7 earlier	advmod
7	earlier	early	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 reached	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	past	the feather	the surface				early property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent surface=Theme

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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