Test 1 · ★★★ · Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere
lol my mate says rockets can't work in space cos there's no air to push on. is he right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, rockets, air · What happens: say, not work, be, push on · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «Rockets, record speeds and motion everywhere» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 says | discourse |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 right | advcl |
| 5 | rockets | rocket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 work | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 work | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 work | advmod |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 space | case |
| 10 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 work | obl |
| 11 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 13 's | mark |
| 12 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 13 's | expl |
| 13 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 work | advcl |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 air | det |
| 15 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 's | nsubj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 push | mark |
| 17 | push | push | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 air | acl |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 push | compound:prt |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 right | cop |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 right | nsubj |
| 22 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not work | can | rockets | in space | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in space=Theme | ||||
| 3 | be | present | no air | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | push on | to-infinitive | no air not said here | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | present | air | right 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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, they glide in space with no engines ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 glide | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 glide | nsubj |
| 4 | glide | glide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 space | case |
| 6 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 glide | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 engines | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 engines | det |
| 9 | engines | engine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 glide | obl |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 glide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glide | present | they | space | ever | with no engines | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Trajectory |
Option 2
No, space is full of air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 full | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | space | of air; full property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, rockets stop once they leave the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | rockets | rocket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | nsubj |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stop | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 air | det |
| 9 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | rockets | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | leave | present | rockets = rocket | the air | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, the rocket pushes its own gas out and the gas pushes back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 pushes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rocket | det |
| 4 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pushes | nsubj |
| 5 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 gas | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 gas | amod |
| 8 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pushes | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 pushes | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 pushes | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gas | det |
| 12 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pushes | nsubj |
| 13 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pushes | conj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 13 pushes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push out | present | the rocket | rocket's own gas | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Theme | ||||
| 2 | push back | present | the gas | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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