Test 2 · ★ · Stars: what they are
In a cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face. What does a real star look like up close?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: star, real star · What happens: have, look · To what, where: five points, cartoon
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» 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 cartoon a star has five points and a smiley face.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 star | det |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 points | nummod |
| 8 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 face | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 face | det |
| 11 | smiley | smiley | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 face | amod |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 points | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a star | five points and a smiley face | a cartoon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |
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 does a real star look like up close?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 look | obl |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 look | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 star | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 star | amod |
| 5 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | nsubj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 close | case |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 9 close | advmod |
| 9 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 look | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present · do-support | a real star | like close | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A flat disc of ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 disc | det |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 disc | amod |
| 3 | disc | disc | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 disc | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A huge round ball of glowing gas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ball | det |
| 2 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ball | amod |
| 3 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ball | amod |
| 4 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 glowing | mark |
| 6 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 ball | acl |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 glowing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | gerund | a huge round ball not said here | gas | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gas=Theme |
Option 3
A tiny spark like a firework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 spark | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spark | amod |
| 3 | spark | spark | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 firework | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 firework | det |
| 6 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spark | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A five-pointed piece of shiny rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 piece | det |
| 2 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pointed | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 five | punct |
| 4 | pointed | pointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 piece | amod |
| 5 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 rock | case |
| 7 | shiny | shiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rock | amod |
| 8 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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