Test 7 · Meteors, meteorites and shooting stars
You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus. What did you see?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: hear, see · To what, where: boom, meteor
This is test 7 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: You hear a boom and see a meteor brighter than Venus.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 boom | det |
| 4 | boom | boom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hear | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 see | cc |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hear | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 meteor | det |
| 8 | meteor | meteor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 see | obj |
| 9 | brighter | bright | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 meteor | amod |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 Venus | case |
| 11 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 brighter | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | You | a boom | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer boom=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | You not said here | a meteor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meteor=Stimulus |
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: What did you see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 see | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A fireball, made by a larger lump
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fireball | det |
| 2 | fireball | fireball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 fireball | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 lump | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lump | det |
| 7 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 lump | amod |
| 8 | lump | lump | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | a fireball not said here | by a larger lump | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 2
An ordinary tiny shooting star
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 star | det |
| 2 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 star | amod |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 star | amod |
| 4 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 star | compound |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A star exploding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 star | det |
| 2 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | exploding | explode | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 star | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explode | gerund | a star not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A plane breaking the sound barrier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 plane | det |
| 2 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | breaking | break | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 plane | acl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 barrier | det |
| 5 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 barrier | compound |
| 6 | barrier | barrier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | gerund | a plane not said here | the sound barrier | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer barrier=Patient |
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