Test 9 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

this app says Big Dipper but my nan says the Plough. who's right, for god's sake

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: app, nan · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Big Dipper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 app	det
2	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Dipper	amod
5	Dipper	dipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 nan	nmod:poss
8	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Plough	det
11	Plough	Plough	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 right	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sake	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 sake	case
18	god	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 sake	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 god	case
20	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	this app	Big Dipper		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent dipper=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	my nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			right 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 · ← Mova's choice

Neither, it is really called the Sickle, after the farm tool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	6 called	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 called	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 called	advmod
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sickle	det
8	Sickle	Sickle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tool	punct
10	after	after	ADP	_	13 tool	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tool	det
12	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tool	compound
13	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		it				neither property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

Only the app is right, Plough is just an old nickname

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 app	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 app	det
3	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 right	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nickname	punct
7	Plough	Plough	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 nickname	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 nickname	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 nickname	advmod
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 nickname	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nickname	amod
12	nickname	nickname	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the app					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	Plough	a old nickname					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Both, they are two names for the same pattern

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	6 names	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Both	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 names	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 names	cop
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 names	nummod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 pattern	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pattern	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pattern	amod
10	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 names	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Both	two names				for the same pattern	tree rules

Option 4

Only nan is right, Big Dipper is a made-up app name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 nan	advmod
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 name	punct
6	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Dipper	amod
7	Dipper	dipper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 name	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 name	det
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 name	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 made	compound:prt
13	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 name	compound
14	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	nan		right property	tree rules
2	make up	participle				vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	Big Dipper	a made app name		tree rules

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