Test 9 · ★ · Saturn and its rings

why's the Cassini Division there, ain't the rings meant to be full

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cassini Division · What happens: be, not mean

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Division	det
4	Cassini	Cassini	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Division	compound
5	Division	Division	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 meant	nsubj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 Division	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ai	punct
8	ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Division	conj
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 meant	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rings	det
11	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 meant	nsubj
12	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	advcl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	15 full	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 meant	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		why property	tree rules
2	not mean	past	the Cassini Division and ai		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Cassini Division and ai not said here	full 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

A spaceship cut a hole there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 spaceship	det
2	spaceship	spaceship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hole	det
5	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	a spaceship	a hole		there			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material hole=Product

Option 2

The Sun melted the ice there

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	3 melted	nsubj
3	melted	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ice	det
5	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melted	obj
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 melted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	past	the Sun	the ice		there			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ice=Result

Option 3

It is the shadow of Saturn, not a gap

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	4 shadow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shadow	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shadow	det
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Saturn	case
6	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shadow	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gap	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 gap	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gap	det
10	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shadow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the shadow and a gap				of Saturn	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The pull of Saturn's moons keeps it clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pull	det
2	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keeps	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 moons	case
4	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 moons	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Saturn	case
6	moons	moon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pull	nmod
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keeps	obj
9	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the pull of Saturn's moons	it				clear property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	pull			Saturn's moons					nom pull «act transitive»: of=patient

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