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Test 12 · ★★★ · How stars die

A white dwarf weighs about half as much as the Sun but is only as big as the Earth. What follows?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: white dwarf · What happens: weigh, be, follow

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «How stars die» 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 white dwarf weighs about half as much as the Sun but is only as big as the Earth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dwarf	amod
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weighs	nsubj
4	weighs	weigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADV	_	6 half	advmod
6	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 much	advmod
7	as	as	ADV	_	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 weighs	ccomp
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 Sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 much	nmod
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 big	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 big	cop
14	only	only	ADV	_	16 big	advmod
15	as	as	ADV	_	16 big	advmod
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 much	conj
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 Earth	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Earth	det
19	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 big	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 weighs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weigh	present	a white dwarf						vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	a white dwarf not said here					as the Earth; big 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.

Sentence 2: What follows?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 follows	nsubj
2	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 follows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	present							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It must be cold and made of ice

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 cold	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cold	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cold	cop
4	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 made	cc
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cold	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 ice	case
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					cold property	tree rules
2	make	participle						of ice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

It must be hollow inside

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 hollow	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hollow	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hollow	cop
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 hollow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					hollow, inside property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its matter is packed incredibly tightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 matter	nmod:poss
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 packed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 packed	aux:pass
4	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	incredibly	incredibly	ADV	_	4 packed	advmod
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	4 packed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pack	present · passive		Its matter				incredibly, tightly property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: subject=Destination
2	matter		Its = it						nom matter «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is made of light gas like a balloon

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	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gas	case
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gas	compound
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 balloon	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 balloon	det
9	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		It				of light gas; like a balloon	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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