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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."

nsubjpunctpunctdetnsubjcopadvmoddetamodappospunctnsubjobjpunctpunctrootJakePROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETMoonPROPNisAUXjustADVaDETcapturedVERBasteroidNOUN,PUNCTeveryonePRONknowsVERBthatPRON.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JakeJakePROPNNumber=Sing13 knowsnsubj
2::PUNCT_10 asteroidpunct
3""PUNCT_10 asteroidpunct
4ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Moondet
5MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing10 asteroidnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 asteroidcop
7justjustADV_10 asteroidadvmod
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 asteroiddet
9capturedcaptureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass10 asteroidamod
10asteroidasteroidNOUNNumber=Sing1 Jakeappos
11,,PUNCT_1 Jakepunct
12everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot13 knowsnsubj
13knowsknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
14thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem13 knowsobj
15..PUNCT_13 knowspunct
16""PUNCT_13 knowspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1capture in a quoteparticiplevn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentthe Moona captured asteroidtree rules
3know in a quotepresentJakethatvn 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?

objauxamodnsubjadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONdoAUXmostADJscientistsNOUNactuallyADVthinkVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 thinkobj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 thinkaux
3mostmostADJDegree=Sup4 scientistsamod
4scientistsscientistNOUNNumber=Plur6 thinknsubj
5actuallyactuallyADV_6 thinkadvmod
6thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7??PUNCT_6 thinkpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresent · do-supportmost scientistsactually propertyvn 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

nsubjadvmodcaseoblmarknsubjadvcldetobjrootItPRONprobablyADVformedVERBfromADPdebrisNOUNafterSCONJTheiaPROPNhitVERBtheDETEarthPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 formednsubj
2probablyprobablyADV_3 formedadvmod
3formedformVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4fromfromADP_5 debriscase
5debrisdebrisNOUNNumber=Sing3 formedobl
6afterafterSCONJ_8 hitmark
7TheiaTheiaPROPNNumber=Sing8 hitnsubj
8hithitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 formedadvcl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Earthdet
10EarthEarthPROPNNumber=Sing8 hitobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1formpastItdebrisprobably propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2hitpastTheiathe Earthvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme

Option 2

He is right, it is a captured asteroid

nsubjcoppunctnsubjcopdetamodoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTitPRONisAUXaDETcapturedVERBasteroidNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 asteroidpunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 asteroidnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 asteroidcop
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 asteroiddet
8capturedcaptureVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 asteroidamod
9asteroidasteroidNOUNNumber=Sing3 rightobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2captureparticiplevn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3is apresentita captured asteroidtree rules

Option 3

It was made by the Sun splitting in half

nsubj:passaux:passcasedetobladvclcaseoblrootItPRONwasAUXmadeVERBbyADPtheDETSunPROPNsplittingVERBinADPhalfNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 madensubj:pass
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 madeaux:pass
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4bybyADP_6 Suncase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Sundet
6SunSunPROPNNumber=Sing3 madeobl
7splittingsplitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 madeadvcl
8ininADP_9 halfcase
9halfhalfNOUNNumber=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac7 splittingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepast · passivethe SunItvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product
2splitgerundthe Sun not said herehalfvn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

It was a planet that drifted in from another star a long time ago

nsubjcopdetnsubjacl:relcladvmodcasedetobldetamodobl:unmarkedadvmodrootItPRONwasAUXaDETplanetNOUNthatPRONdriftedVERBinADVfromADPanotherDETstarNOUNaDETlongADJtimeNOUNagoADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 planetnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 planetcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 planetdet
4planetplanetNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5thatthatPRONPronType=Rel6 driftednsubj
6drifteddriftVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 planetacl:relcl
7ininADV_6 driftedadvmod
8fromfromADP_10 starcase
9anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind10 stardet
10starstarNOUNNumber=Sing6 driftedobl
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 timedet
12longlongADJDegree=Pos13 timeamod
13timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 driftedobl:unmarked
14agoagoADV_6 driftedadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastIta planettree rules
2driftpasta planetanother startimeago propertyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from star=Trajectory

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