Test 4 · ★ · Distances and light years

bro says we'll fly to the nearest star in like 10 years with Voyager. lol?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, we · What happens: say, fly · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 22 «Distances and light years» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 fly	nsubj
4	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fly	aux
5	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 star	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 star	det
8	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 star	amod
9	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fly	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 years	case
11	like	like	INTJ	_	13 years	discourse
12	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fly	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 Voyager	case
15	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 years	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	bro						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	future	we				year	to the nearest star result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to star=Result

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, at Voyager's speed it would take about 75,000 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 take	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 speed	case
4	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 speed	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Voyager	case
6	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 take	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 take	aux
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	about	about	ADV	_	11 75,000	advmod
11	75,000	75,000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	it			Voyager's speed	year		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at speed=Asset

Option 2

No, it would take about 750 years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 take	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 take	aux
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADV	_	7 750	advmod
7	750	750	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would	it				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, Voyager will get there in 2036 if it keeps going straight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 get	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	Voyager	Voyager	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 get	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 2036	case
8	2036	2036	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 get	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 keeps	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keeps	nsubj
11	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
12	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keeps	xcomp
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	get	future	Voyager	2036; there		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	it			tree rules
3	go	gerund			straight property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, it is only 4 light minutes away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 minutes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 minutes	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 minutes	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 4	advmod
6	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 minutes	nummod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 minutes	compound
8	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 minutes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	4 light minutes				away property	tree rules

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