Test 3 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars
A lump of rock is glowing across the sky. Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field. Name the two stages.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lump, piece, you · What happens: glow, land, name · To what, where: sky, field, two stages
This is test 3 of lesson 16 «Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars» 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: A lump of rock is glowing across the sky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lump | det |
| 2 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glowing | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rock | case |
| 4 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lump | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 glowing | aux |
| 6 | glowing | glow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 9 sky | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sky | det |
| 9 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glowing | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 glowing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present · progressive | a lump of rock | the sky | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Ten seconds later a piece lands in a field.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 seconds | nummod |
| 2 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 later | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 lands | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 piece | det |
| 5 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | nsubj |
| 6 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 field | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 field | det |
| 9 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a piece | a field | late property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in field=Destination |
Sentence 3: Name the two stages.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Name | name | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stages | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 stages | nummod |
| 4 | stages | stage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Name | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name | imperative | you not said here | the two stages | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stage=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
First a meteor, then a meteorite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 meteor | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 meteor | det |
| 3 | meteor | meteor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 meteorite | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 meteorite | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 meteorite | det |
| 7 | meteorite | meteorite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meteor | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
First a meteoroid, then a comet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 meteoroid | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 meteoroid | det |
| 3 | meteoroid | meteoroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 comet | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 comet | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 comet | det |
| 7 | comet | comet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meteoroid | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
First a meteorite, then a meteor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 meteorite | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 meteorite | det |
| 3 | meteorite | meteorite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 meteor | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 meteor | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 meteor | det |
| 7 | meteor | meteor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meteorite | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
First a comet, then a star
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 comet | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 comet | det |
| 3 | comet | comet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 star | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 star | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 star | det |
| 7 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comet | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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