Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★
"The space station does 28,000 kilometres an hour, so the astronauts must be squashed flat, bruv." Right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: space station · What happens: do, squash · To what, where: 28,000 kilometres, astronauts
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «Olympiad: speed, space and seasons ★★★» 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: "The space station does 28,000 kilometres an hour, so the astronauts must be squashed flat, bruv."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 station | det |
| 3 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 station | compound |
| 4 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | 28,000 | 28,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 kilometres | nummod |
| 7 | kilometres | kilometre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 does | obj |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hour | det |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kilometres | nmod:unmarked |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 squashed | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 squashed | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 astronauts | det |
| 13 | astronauts | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 squashed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 squashed | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 squashed | aux:pass |
| 16 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 does | conj |
| 17 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 squashed | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 bruv | punct |
| 19 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 squashed | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | present | the space station | 28,000 kilometres a hour | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kilometre=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | squash in a quote | must · passive | the astronauts | bruv obl; flat property | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, they are pressed flat the whole time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 pressed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pressed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pressed | aux:pass |
| 5 | pressed | press | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pressed | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pressed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | present · passive | they | time | flat property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, so they have to lie down all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 have | advmod |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 lie | mark |
| 7 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 lie | advmod |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | they | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lie down | to-infinitive | they not said here | day | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, because the station is really standing perfectly still in space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 standing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 standing | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 standing | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 station | det |
| 5 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 standing | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 standing | aux |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 standing | advmod |
| 8 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 10 still | advmod |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 standing | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 space | case |
| 12 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present · progressive | the station | space | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in space=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they float, falling round the Earth with the station
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 float | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 float | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 float | nsubj |
| 4 | float | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 falling | punct |
| 6 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 float | advcl |
| 7 | round | round | ADP | _ | 9 Earth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Earth | det |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 falling | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 station | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 station | det |
| 12 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | present | they | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fall | gerund | they not said here | the Earth | with the station | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round earth=Initial_Location |
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