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Test 11 · ★ · Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels

Astronomers use the same squashed and stretched waves with light from stars. What can they learn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Astronomers · What happens: use, squash, stretch, learn · To what, where: same squashed waves, stars

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Thunder, sirens and how fast sound travels» of the physics 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: Astronomers use the same squashed and stretched waves with light from stars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astronomers	astronomer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 waves	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 waves	amod
5	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 waves	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stretched	cc
7	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 squashed	conj
8	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 light	case
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waves	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 stars	case
12	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Astronomers	the same squashed waves		stars		with light	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wave=Patient
2	squash	participle							vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme
3	stretch	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 can they learn?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 learn	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 learn	nsubj
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	can	Astronomers = astronomer						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

How many planets each star has

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 planets	amod
3	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 star	det
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 planets	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each star	many planets not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

How fast the stars are moving towards or away from us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 fast	advmod
2	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 moving	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stars	det
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 moving	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moving	aux
6	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	towards	towards	ADP	_	9 away	case
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 away	cc
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 moving	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 us	case
11	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	the stars					away, fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

How hot the stars are inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 hot	advmod
2	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stars	det
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hot	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hot	cop
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	2 hot	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stars					hot, inside property	tree rules

Option 4

How old the stars are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 old	advmod
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stars	det
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 old	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 old	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stars					old property	tree rules

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