Test 1 · ★★ · Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground
"lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet". Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: saturn, one twin, other, way · What happens: float, say, be · To what, where: bath, planet · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Siblings, cousins, grandparents — and the whole playground» 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: "lol saturn would float in a bath" one twin says; the other says "no way, it's a planet".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 float | punct |
| 2 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 float | discourse |
| 3 | saturn | saturn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 float | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 float | aux |
| 5 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 says | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bath | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bath | det |
| 8 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 float | obl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 twin | nummod |
| 11 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 says | nsubj |
| 12 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 says | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 other | det |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 says | nsubj |
| 16 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 says | conj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 planet | punct |
| 18 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 19 way | det |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 planet | nsubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 way | punct |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 planet | nsubj |
| 22 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 planet | cop |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 planet | det |
| 24 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 says | ccomp |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 planet | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float in a quote | would | saturn | a bath | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bath=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | one twin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the other | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | no way | a planet | 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: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Neither: Saturn is made of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 made | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 3 | Saturn | Saturn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Neither | of water | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 2
Only the first twin: it would float in our bath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 twin | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 twin | det |
| 3 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 twin | amod |
| 4 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 float | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 float | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 float | aux |
| 8 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 twin | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 bath | case |
| 10 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bath | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 float | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | would | twin | the first twin not said here | our bath | vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location twin=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Both a bit: it's less dense than water, but no bath could hold it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 3 bit | cc:preconj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bit | det |
| 3 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dense | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 dense | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dense | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dense | cop |
| 7 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 dense | advmod |
| 8 | dense | dense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dense | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hold | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 hold | cc |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 bath | det |
| 14 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hold | nsubj |
| 15 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 hold | aux |
| 16 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dense | parataxis |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | bit | than water; a bit obl:unmarked; dense, less property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold | could | no bath | bit | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Only the second twin: planets sink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 twin | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 twin | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 twin | amod |
| 4 | twin | twin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 sink | punct |
| 6 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sink | nsubj |
| 7 | sink | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 twin | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | present | planets | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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