Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★
A cartoon astronaut on the Moon drops a hammer and a feather, and the feather drifts down slowly. Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon astronaut, feather, you · What happens: drop, drift down, fix · To what, where: hammer, feather
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: forces, floating and machines ★★★» 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 cartoon astronaut on the Moon drops a hammer and a feather, and the feather drifts down slowly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 astronaut | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 astronaut | compound |
| 3 | astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drops | nsubj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 astronaut | nmod |
| 7 | drops | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hammer | det |
| 9 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 drops | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 feather | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 feather | det |
| 12 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hammer | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 drifts | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 drifts | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 feather | det |
| 16 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 drifts | nsubj |
| 17 | drifts | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 drops | conj |
| 18 | down | down | ADV | _ | 17 drifts | advmod |
| 19 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 17 drifts | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 drops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | present | a cartoon astronaut on the Moon | a hammer and a feather | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hammer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drift down | present | the feather | down, slowly property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «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: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | feather | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
With no air, they land together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 air | case |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 air | det |
| 3 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 land | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 air | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 land | nsubj |
| 6 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 land | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | they | with no air; together property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The feather should land first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 feather | det |
| 2 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 land | aux |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 land | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | should | the feather | first property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The hammer should float upwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hammer | det |
| 2 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 float | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 float | aux |
| 4 | float | float | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | upwards | upwards | ADV | _ | 4 float | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | should | the hammer | upwards property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, that's how it would go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 how | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 how | cop |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 go | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 go | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | would | it | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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