Test 1 · The Sun, our star

my mate says the Sun's just a massive bonfire up there. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say · To what, where: massive bonfire · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bonfire	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Sun	case
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 bonfire	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bonfire	det
9	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bonfire	amod
10	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
11	up	up	ADV	_	12 there	advmod
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 says	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
14	right	right	ADV	_	3 says	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	the Sun's massive bonfire		there		right property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bonfire=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it shines by nuclear fusion, nothing burns with oxygen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 shines	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shines	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shines	nsubj
4	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fusion	case
6	nuclear	nuclear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fusion	amod
7	fusion	fusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shines	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 burns	punct
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 burns	nsubj
10	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shines	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 oxygen	case
12	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	present	it					by nuclear fusion	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fusion=Location
2	burn	present	nothing					with oxygen	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with oxygen=Theme

Option 2

No, it is a mirror reflecting other stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 mirror	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mirror	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mirror	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mirror	det
6	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	reflecting	reflect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 mirror	acl
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stars	amod
9	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reflecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a mirror					tree rules
2	reflect	gerund	a mirror not said here	other stars					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, and it will burn out next century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 burn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 burn	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 burn	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 burn	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 burn	aux
6	burn	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 burn	compound:prt
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 century	amod
9	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 burn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn out	future	it				century		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, it burns just like wood on a fire, only very much bigger

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 wood	advmod
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 wood	case
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 fire	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bigger	punct
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADV	_	15 bigger	advmod
15	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 burns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	it	wood		a fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Theme

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