Test 3 · ★★ · Fuels, the Sun and saving energy
Mia says the Sun burns coal like a giant fireplace. Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, Sun, you · What happens: say, burn, put · To what, where: coal · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 32 «Fuels, the Sun and saving energy» 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: Mia says the Sun burns coal like a giant fireplace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sun | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 burns | nsubj |
| 5 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | coal | coal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burns | obj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 fireplace | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fireplace | det |
| 9 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 fireplace | amod |
| 10 | fireplace | fireplace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burns | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burn | present | the Sun | coal | like a giant fireplace | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coal=Theme |
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: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | coal | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
It burns wood from old forests
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 | 2 burns | nsubj |
| 2 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 burns | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 forests | case |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 forests | amod |
| 6 | forests | forest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 burns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | It | wood | old forests | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It shines by fusion, hydrogen joining together deep inside
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 | 2 shines | nsubj |
| 2 | shines | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 fusion | case |
| 4 | fusion | fusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shines | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hydrogen | punct |
| 6 | hydrogen | hydrogen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fusion | appos |
| 7 | joining | join | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 hydrogen | acl |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 joining | advmod |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 10 inside | advmod |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 joining | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | present | It | by fusion | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fusion=Location | ||||
| 2 | join | gerund | hydrogen not said here | inside, together property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It is lit by lightning every morning
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 lit | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lit | aux:pass |
| 3 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 lightning | case |
| 5 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | obl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 morning | det |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lit | present · passive | lightning | It | morning | tree rules |
Option 4
It reflects light from 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 | 2 reflects | nsubj |
| 2 | reflects | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reflects | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reflects | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reflect | present | It | light | the Moon | tree rules |
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