Test 2 · ★ · Uranus and Neptune
In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top. How should it really spin?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uranus, top · What happens: spin, stand · To what, where: game
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» 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 game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spins | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | Uranus | Uranus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 spins | nsubj |
| 6 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 spins | xcomp |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 up | advmod |
| 9 | up | up | ADV | _ | 7 standing | advmod |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 top | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 top | det |
| 12 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 standing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 spins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | Uranus | a game | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | Uranus not said here | like a top | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: How should it really spin?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 spin | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 spin | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spin | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 spin | advmod |
| 5 | spin | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 spin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | should | top | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Upside down and spinning very fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upside | upside | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Upside | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 spinning | cc |
| 4 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Upside | conj |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 fast | advmod |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 spinning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | gerund | fast property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Exactly like the Earth, a little tilted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 Earth | advmod |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 4 Earth | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Earth | det |
| 4 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Earth | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 little | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tilted | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | tilted | tilt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Earth | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tilt | participle | the Earth not said here | a little | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Not at all, it stays perfectly still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 stays | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Not | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Not | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stays | nsubj |
| 6 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 6 stays | advmod |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 stays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay | present | it | still | perfectly property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tipped right over on its side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tipped | tip | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 over | advmod |
| 3 | over | over | ADV | _ | 1 Tipped | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 side | case |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 side | nmod:poss |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tipped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tip | participle | its side | over property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination |
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