Test 9 · ★ · How the Solar System was born

Why do the small icy bodies far out in the Solar System matter to this story?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, mat · To what, where: small icy bodies, Solar System

This is test 9 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 do	advmod
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bodies	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bodies	amod
5	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bodies	amod
6	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 do	obj
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	2 do	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 System	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 System	det
11	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 System	compound
12	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 matter	obl
13	matter	mat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 do	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 story	case
15	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 story	det
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 matter	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the small icy bodies				out property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Eventuality
2	mat	past				the Solar System		to this story	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.

The options

Option 1

They are the remains of a planet that exploded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remains	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 remains	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 remains	det
4	remains	remains	NOUN	Number=Ptan	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 planet	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 planet	det
7	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remains	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 exploded	nsubj
9	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 planet	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the remains				of a planet	tree rules
2	explode	past	a planet						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They were placed there after the Moon formed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 placed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 placed	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 formed	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 formed	nsubj
8	formed	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		They		there			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme
2	form	past	the Moon						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The moving giant planets probably scattered them there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 planets	det
2	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 planets	amod
3	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 planets	amod
4	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scattered	nsubj
5	probably	probably	ADV	_	6 scattered	advmod
6	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scattered	obj
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 scattered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	scatter	past	the moving giant planets	them = they		there		probably property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

They are where the Sun keeps its spare fuel for later on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 where	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 keeps	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fuel	nmod:poss
8	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fuel	amod
9	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 later	case
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 keeps	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	6 keeps	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					where property	tree rules
2	keep on	present	the Sun	Sun's spare fuel				late property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme

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