Test 8 · ★ · How the Solar System was born
Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that." What do most scientists actually think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Moon, Jake, most scientists · What happens: capture, be, know, think · To what, where: captured asteroid, that
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Jake: "The Moon is just a captured asteroid, everyone knows that."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 asteroid | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 asteroid | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Moon | det |
| 5 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 asteroid | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 asteroid | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 asteroid | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 asteroid | det |
| 9 | captured | capture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 asteroid | amod |
| 10 | asteroid | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jake | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jake | punct |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 knows | nsubj |
| 13 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 knows | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 knows | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | capture in a quote | participle | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the Moon | a captured asteroid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know in a quote | present | Jake | that | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=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 do most scientists actually think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 think | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 think | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 scientists | amod |
| 4 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 think | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 think | advmod |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · do-support | most scientists | actually property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It probably formed from debris after Theia hit the Earth
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 formed | nsubj |
| 2 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 3 formed | advmod |
| 3 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 debris | case |
| 5 | debris | debris | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 formed | obl |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 8 hit | mark |
| 7 | Theia | Theia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hit | nsubj |
| 8 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 formed | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Earth | det |
| 10 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | form | past | It | debris | probably property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | hit | past | Theia | the Earth | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme |
Option 2
He is right, it is a captured asteroid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 asteroid | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 asteroid | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 asteroid | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 asteroid | det |
| 8 | captured | capture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 asteroid | amod |
| 9 | asteroid | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | capture | participle | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | a captured asteroid | tree rules |
Option 3
It was made by the Sun splitting in half
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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 Sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Sun | det |
| 6 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 7 | splitting | split | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 half | case |
| 9 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 7 splitting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the Sun | It | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | split | gerund | the Sun not said here | half | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
It was a planet that drifted in from another star a long time ago
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 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 planet | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 planet | det |
| 4 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 drifted | nsubj |
| 6 | drifted | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 planet | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADV | _ | 6 drifted | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 star | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 star | det |
| 10 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drifted | obl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 time | det |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 time | amod |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drifted | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 6 drifted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a planet | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drift | past | a planet | another star | time | ago property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from star=Trajectory |
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