Test 6 · ★★★ · Jupiter

Why do people call Jupiter a cosmic pinball flipper?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: call · To what, where: Jupiter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Jupiter» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 call	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	nsubj
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Jupiter	Jupiter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 call	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 flipper	det
7	cosmic	cosmic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 flipper	amod
8	pinball	pinball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flipper	compound
9	flipper	flipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · do-support	people		Jupiter				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent jupiter=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Its gravity flings comets and asteroids on new paths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 gravity	nmod:poss
2	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flings	nsubj
3	flings	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	comets	comet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flings	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asteroids	cc
6	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 comets	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 paths	case
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 paths	amod
9	paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	present	Its gravity	comets and asteroids		new paths			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent comet=Theme on path=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It spins like a ball in a machine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spins	nsubj
2	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 ball	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ball	det
5	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 machine	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 machine	det
8	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	It			a machine		like a ball	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in machine=Trajectory

Option 3

Its moons knock each other about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 moons	nmod:poss
2	moons	moon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knock	nsubj
3	knock	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	3 knock	obj
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 each	fixed
6	about	about	ADP	_	3 knock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	present	Its moons	each					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent each=Patient

Option 4

It bounces light off its rings like the lights in a pinball machine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bounces	nsubj
2	bounces	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bounces	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 rings	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rings	nmod:poss
6	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bounces	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 lights	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lights	det
9	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rings	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 machine	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 machine	det
12	pinball	pinball	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 machine	compound
13	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bounces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bounce	present	It	light		a pinball machine		off light's rings like the lights	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent light=Theme off ring=Initial_Location in machine=Trajectory

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