Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★
Astronaut on the radio: "Gravity up here is a bit weaker than at home." Kid: "there's NO gravity in space innit." Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Astronaut, Kid · What happens: be · To what, where: gravity, space innit
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «Olympiad: which claim is true? ★★★» 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: Astronaut on the radio: "Gravity up here is a bit weaker than at home."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 weaker | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 radio | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 radio | det |
| 4 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Astronaut | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 weaker | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Gravity | punct |
| 7 | Gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 weaker | nsubj |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 here | advmod |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 Gravity | advmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 weaker | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 weaker | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | weaker | weak | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 14 | than | than | ADP | _ | 16 home | case |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 home | case |
| 16 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 weaker | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 weaker | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 weaker | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Astronaut on the radio | than home; a bit obl:unmarked; weak 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: Kid: "there's NO gravity in space innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gravity | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 's | expl |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gravity | cop |
| 6 | NO | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 gravity | det |
| 7 | gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 innit | case |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 innit | compound |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gravity | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 gravity | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 gravity | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Kid | no gravity | space innit | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The astronaut: it's about 90% as strong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 astronaut | det |
| 2 | astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 % | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 % | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 % | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 90 | advmod |
| 7 | 90 | 90 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 % | nummod |
| 8 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 2 astronaut | appos |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 strong | advmod |
| 10 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 % | amod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The kid: there is no gravity at all in space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gravity | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 is | punct |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 is | expl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 gravity | cop |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 gravity | det |
| 7 | gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 gravity | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 space | case |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kid | no gravity | all | tree rules |
Option 3
Both: it changes every single hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 changes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 changes | nsubj |
| 4 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 hour | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hour | amod |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Both | hour | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Neither: it is twice as strong up there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 7 strong | advmod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 strong | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 strong | cop |
| 5 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 strong | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 strong | advmod |
| 7 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 there | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 strong | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | there | neither, strong, twice property | tree rules |
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