Test 6 · ★ · Saturn and its rings

Mia says the rings will be there for ever, exactly the same. what's wrong with that?

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

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 12 «Saturn and its rings» 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rings	det
4	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	obj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 there	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 there	cop
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 rings	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ever	case
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 there	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 same	punct
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	13 same	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 same	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 wrong	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 wrong	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 wrong	cop
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 that	case
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 wrong	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mia	the rings		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ring=Topic
2	is	future	the rings not said here		there property	tree rules
3	is	present			with that; wrong property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They slowly lose ice that falls into Saturn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lose	nsubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 lose	advmod
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 falls	nsubj
6	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ice	acl:relcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 Saturn	case
8	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 falls	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	They	ice				slowly property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Eventuality
2	fall	present	ice					into Saturn result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into saturn=Result

Option 2

They can't change at all, because they are one solid piece

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 change	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 change	advmod
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 change	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 piece	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 piece	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 piece	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 piece	cop
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 piece	nummod
12	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 piece	amod
13	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	can	They			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	one solid piece					tree rules

Option 3

Nothing, rings never change at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 rings	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 change	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 change	advmod
5	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	Nothing rings			all			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are getting bigger every year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 getting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	aux
3	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 getting	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 getting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	They				year	big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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