Test 2 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…
A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that». What does the Moon test show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, heavy things, everyone · What happens: say, fall, know, do · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Earth, giants and tiny people» 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: A boy says, «heavy things always fall faster, everyone knows that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fall | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 fall | punct |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 things | amod |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fall | nsubj |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 fall | advmod |
| 9 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 fall | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 knows | punct |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 knows | nsubj |
| 13 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 knows | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 knows | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | present | heavy things | always, fast property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | everyone | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
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 does the Moon test show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 show | det |
| 4 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 5 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 show | compound |
| 6 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Nothing falls at all on the Moon because there is no air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 falls | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | obl |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 is | mark |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 is | expl |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 falls | advcl |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 air | det |
| 12 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Nothing | all | on the Moon | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | |||
| 2 | be | present | no air | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Without air, a hammer and a feather fall at the same speed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 2 air | case |
| 2 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hammer | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hammer | det |
| 5 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 air | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fall | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fall | det |
| 8 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fall | compound |
| 9 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hammer | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 speed | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 speed | det |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 speed | amod |
| 13 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fall | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Light things fall faster because air holds heavy things back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 things | amod |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fall | nsubj |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 fall | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 holds | mark |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 holds | nsubj |
| 7 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fall | advcl |
| 8 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 things | amod |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 holds | obj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 holds | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Light things | fast property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold back | present | air | heavy things | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
Option 4
Heavy things fall faster everywhere, even on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 things | amod |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fall | nsubj |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 fall | advmod |
| 5 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 fall | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Moon | punct |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 Moon | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 Moon | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Moon | det |
| 10 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | Heavy things | the Moon | everywhere, fast property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on moon=Location |
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