Test 6 · ★ · How the Solar System was born
A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land. What part of the real story is like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: game, fog, part · What happens: start, fill in, be
This is test 6 · ★ 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: A game starts as an empty map of fog that slowly fills in with land.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 game | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | nsubj |
| 3 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 map | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 map | det |
| 6 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 map | amod |
| 7 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 starts | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 fog | case |
| 9 | fog | fog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 map | nmod |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 fills | nsubj |
| 11 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 12 fills | advmod |
| 12 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fog | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 fills | compound:prt |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 land | case |
| 15 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fills | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | a game | as a empty map of fog | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fill in | present | fog | with land; slowly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with land=Instrument |
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 part of the real story is like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 part | det |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 story | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 story | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 story | amod |
| 6 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 part | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 that | case |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 is | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | what part of the real story | like that | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Dust and gas slowly clumping into planets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 gas | cc |
| 3 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dust | conj |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 clumping | advmod |
| 5 | clumping | clump | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Dust | acl |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 planets | case |
| 7 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 clumping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clump | gerund | Dust and gas not said here | planets | slowly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into planet=Destination |
Option 2
The Sun suddenly exploding into a bright flash
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 exploding | nsubj |
| 3 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 4 exploding | advmod |
| 4 | exploding | explode | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 flash | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 flash | det |
| 7 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 flash | amod |
| 8 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 exploding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explode | gerund | the Sun | a bright flash | suddenly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 3
Earth being carved out of the Moon by a giant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 carved | nsubj |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 carved | aux:pass |
| 3 | carved | carve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 carved | obl |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 giant | mark |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 giant | det |
| 10 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 carved | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve out | gerund · passive | Earth | the Moon | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary moon=Product |
Option 4
The planets being made all at once, in one day
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 | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 once | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 once | case |
| 7 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 made | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 day | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 day | nummod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | gerund · passive | the planets | day | once property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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