Exam question 3 · The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them
It is given that a person is transported to the surface of the Moon. Determine which quantity remains unaltered.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, quantity · What happens: give, transport, determine, remain · To what, where: It, person, surface
This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» of the physics 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 person is transported to the surface of the Moon.
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 | _ | 8 transported | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 transported | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 transported | aux:pass |
| 8 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 surface | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 surface | det |
| 11 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 transported | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Moon | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Moon | det |
| 14 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 surface | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | transport | present · passive | a person | the surface of the Moon | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to surface=Destination |
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: Determine which quantity remains unaltered.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 quantity | det |
| 3 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remains | nsubj |
| 4 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 5 | unaltered | unaltered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remains | xcomp |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | remain | present | which quantity | unaltered property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The mass of the person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mass | det |
| 2 | mass | mass | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mass | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The reading of a spring balance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 reading | det |
| 2 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 balance | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 balance | det |
| 5 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 balance | compound |
| 6 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reading | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | a spring balance | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3
The weight of the person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weight | det |
| 2 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 person | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weight | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The height attainable in a jump
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 height | det |
| 2 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | attainable | attainable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 height | amod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 jump | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 jump | det |
| 6 | jump | jump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attainable | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/2-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-pull/e3/