Test 2 · ★ · How the Solar System was born
Spin a ball of pizza dough and it spreads out flat. What in the Solar System's story is like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, ball · What happens: spin, spread out, be · To what, where: ball
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2 «How the Solar System was born» 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: Spin a ball of pizza dough and it spreads out flat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spin | spin | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ball | det |
| 3 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spin | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 dough | case |
| 5 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dough | compound |
| 6 | dough | dough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ball | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 spreads | cc |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spreads | nsubj |
| 9 | spreads | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spin | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 spreads | compound:prt |
| 11 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 9 spreads | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Spin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | imperative | you not said here | a ball of pizza dough | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ball=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spread out | present | ball | flat property | vn appear-48.1.1 «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: What in the Solar System's story is like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 story | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 System | det |
| 4 | Solar | Solar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 System | compound |
| 5 | System | System | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 story | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 System | case |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 that | cop |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 that | case |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The spinning cloud flattening into a disc
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 cloud | det |
| 2 | spinning | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 cloud | amod |
| 3 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | flattening | flatten | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 cloud | acl |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 disc | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 disc | det |
| 7 | disc | disc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flattening | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | flatten | gerund | the spinning cloud not said here | a disc | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
The Moon being knocked off the Earth by a crash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 knocked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 knocked | aux:pass |
| 4 | knocked | knock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 Earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 knocked | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 crash | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 crash | det |
| 10 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knocked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock off | gerund · passive | a crash | the Moon | off the Earth | tree rules |
Option 3
The planets crashing together into bigger ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 planets | det |
| 2 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 crashing | nsubj |
| 3 | crashing | crash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 crashing | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 ones | case |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 ones | amod |
| 7 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 crashing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crash | gerund | the planets | into bigger ones result; together property | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into one=Result |
Option 4
The Sun slowly cooling down after it switched on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cooling | nsubj |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 cooling | advmod |
| 4 | cooling | cool | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 cooling | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 switched | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 switched | nsubj |
| 8 | switched | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cooling | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 switched | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool down | gerund | the Sun | slowly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | switch on | past | Sun | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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