Test 3 · ★ · The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them

What would happen to the Moon if the Earth's gravity switched off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gravity · What happens: happen, switch off

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 2 «The Moon, the planets and the pull that holds them» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 switched	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gravity	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Earth	case
11	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 switched	nsubj
12	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 switched	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to the Moon	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	switch off a condition, not said to happen	participle	the Earth's gravity						vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP 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.

The options

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

It would fly away in a straight line

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 fly	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fly	aux
3	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 fly	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 line	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
7	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	would	It			a straight line		away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location

Option 2

It would fall onto the Earth

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 fall	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	aux
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	onto	onto	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	would	It			the Earth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme onto earth=Initial_Location

Option 3

It would stop dead in space

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 stop	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stop	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 space	case
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would	It			space		dead property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Location

Option 4

It would spin faster and faster round us

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 spin	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 spin	aux
3	spin	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 spin	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 faster	cc
6	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 spin	advmod
7	round	round	ADV	_	3 spin	advmod
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 spin	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	would	It					fast, round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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