Test 6 · ★ · Distances and light years

Talking to astronauts on the Moon, why is there a short delay before they answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Talking, astronauts · What happens: talk, be, answer · To what, where: short delay

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 delay	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 astronauts	case
3	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Talking	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 astronauts	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 is	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 is	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 delay	cop
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 is	expl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 delay	det
12	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 delay	amod
13	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 answer	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 answer	nsubj
16	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 delay	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 delay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund			to astronauts on the Moon	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to astronaut=Co-Agent
2	is a	present	Talking	a short delay		tree rules
3	answer speech: assert	present	astronauts = astronaut			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 Moon's thin air slows the sound of their voices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 air	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Moon	case
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 air	amod
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	nsubj
6	slows	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sound	det
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slows	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 voices	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 voices	nmod:poss
11	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow	present	the Moon's thin air	the sound of their voices					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sound=Patient

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

Radio signals take about 1.3 seconds each way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signals	compound
2	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	nsubj
3	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADV	_	5 1.3	advmod
5	1.3	1.3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 seconds	nummod
6	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 take	obj
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Radio signals	each way			second		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The astronauts think slowly in low gravity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 astronauts	det
2	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 think	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 gravity	case
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gravity	amod
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	the astronauts			low gravity		slowly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Their radios are very old

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 radios	nmod:poss
2	radios	radio	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 old	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 old	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 old	advmod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Their radios					old property	tree rules
2	radio		Their = they						nom radio «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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