Test 3 · ★★★ · Alice's fall and her sizes: falling, the centre of the Ear…

Alice worries the people on the other side of the Earth walk «with their heads downward». What would they say about us?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, people · What happens: worry, walk, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: Alice worries the people on the other side of the Earth walk «with their heads downward».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 worries	nsubj
2	worries	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Earth	det
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
12	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 worries	ccomp
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 heads	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 heads	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 heads	nmod:poss
16	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	obl
17	downward	downward	ADV	_	16 heads	advmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 heads	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	present	Alice						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	walk	present	the people on the other side of the Earth					with people's heads	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What would they say about us?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 us	case
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 say	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	people					about us	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

That we are the ones walking upside down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 ones	nsubj
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 ones	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ones	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ones	det
5	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 ones	acl
7	upside	upside	ADV	_	6 walking	advmod
8	down	down	ADV	_	6 walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the ones					tree rules
2	walk down	gerund	the ones not said here					down, upside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That we need to hold on to the ground with both hands to stop ourselves falling into the sky

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 need	nsubj
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hold	mark
5	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 hold	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 hands	case
11	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 hands	det
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 stop	mark
14	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hold	advcl
15	ourselves	ourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 stop	obj
16	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 stop	xcomp
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 sky	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sky	det
19	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	That			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hold on not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here		to the ground; with both hands	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stop	to-infinitive	That not said here	ourselves		tree rules
4	fall	gerund	That not said here		into the sky result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sky=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nothing odd: everyone stands with their feet towards the Earth's centre

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 stands	obl
2	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 stands	punct
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 stands	nsubj
5	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 feet	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stands	obl
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 centre	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Earth	det
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 centre	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Earth	case
13	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stands	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	everyone	Nothing				with their feet; towards the Earth's centre	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That we all fall off the Earth at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 fall	nsubj
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fall	nsubj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 fall	nsubj
4	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 Earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fall	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall off	present	That	the Earth			night		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient earth=Extent

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