Test 7 · The Sun, our star
In a cartoon, the Sun is a cheerful planet with a face. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sun · What happens: be · To what, where: cheerful planet, cartoon
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, the Sun is a cheerful planet with a face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 planet | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sun | det |
| 6 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 planet | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 planet | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 planet | det |
| 9 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 planet | amod |
| 10 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 face | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 face | det |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 planet | nmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 planet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Sun | a cheerful planet | a cartoon | with a face | tree rules |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The Sun is really a moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 moon | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 moon | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 moon | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 moon | det |
| 6 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Sun | a moon | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Sun is a star, not a planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 star | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 star | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 star | det |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 planet | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 planet | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 planet | det |
| 9 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 star | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Sun | a star and a planet | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, the Sun is the biggest planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sun | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sun | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 planet | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 planet | det |
| 7 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 planet | amod |
| 8 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | the biggest planet | tree rules |
Option 4
The Sun is actually smaller than the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 smaller | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 smaller | cop |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 smaller | advmod |
| 5 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 Earth | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Earth | det |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 smaller | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Sun | than the Earth; actually, small property | tree rules |
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