Test 5 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

Lily says the stars of a constellation are all close together out in space, like a family. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, stars · What happens: say, be · To what, where: space · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» 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	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stars	det
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 close	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 constellation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 constellation	det
7	constellation	constellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stars	nmod
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 close	cop
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 close	advmod
10	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
11	together	together	ADV	_	12 out	advmod
12	out	out	ADV	_	10 close	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 space	case
14	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 family	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	18 family	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 family	det
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 space	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 true	punct
20	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the stars of a constellation			space and a family		all, close, out property	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

Yes, they are all the same distance away, like dots painted on one big ball

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 distance	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 distance	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 distance	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	8 distance	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 distance	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 distance	amod
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 distance	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dots	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 dots	case
12	dots	dot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 distance	nmod
13	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 dots	acl
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 ball	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 ball	nummod
16	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 ball	amod
17	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	they	the same distance				like dots; all, away property	tree rules
2	paint	participle		dots not said here		one big ball			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on ball=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they only look close from the Earth and lie at very different distances

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 look	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 close	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lie	cc
11	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 distances	case
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 different	advmod
14	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 distances	amod
15	distances	distance	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	they					close property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	lie	present	they not said here					at different distances	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at distance=Location

Option 3

No, they are all inside the Solar System

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 System	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 System	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 System	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	9 System	advmod
6	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 System	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 System	det
8	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 System	compound
9	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they			the Solar System		all property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, they are joined by lines in space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 joined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 joined	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joined	aux:pass
5	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 lines	case
7	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 joined	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 space	case
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lines	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	present · passive	lines in space	they					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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