Test 9 · ★ · Distances and light years

Will the Moon fly off into space next year then, if it's moving away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Moon · What happens: fly off, move away

This is test 9 · ★ 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	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 Moon	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fly	nsubj
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 fly	compound:prt
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 year	case
7	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 year	compound
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 year	amod
9	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fly	obl
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 fly	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 moving	punct
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 moving	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 moving	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 moving	aux
15	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 fly	advcl
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 moving	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	present	the Moon				then; year		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move away a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	Moon					away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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, it will leave us within ten years and drift off into space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 leave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 leave	aux
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 leave	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 drift	cc
11	drift	drift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leave	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 drift	compound:prt
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 space	case
14	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drift	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	future	it	us			year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme
2	drift off	present				space			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

No, it is actually getting closer to the Earth every single year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 getting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 getting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 getting	advmod
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 getting	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 closer	obl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 year	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 year	amod
13	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	it				year	actually, close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

No, it moves away only about 3.8 centimetres a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 moves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 moves	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moves	nsubj
4	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 moves	advmod
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 3.8	advmod
7	about	about	ADV	_	8 3.8	advmod
8	3.8	3.8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 centimetres	nummod
9	centimetres	centimetre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moves	obl:unmarked
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moves	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present	it	3.8 centimetres			year	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, it moves away about a kilometre a day, faster and faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 moves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 moves	nsubj
4	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 moves	advmod
6	about	about	ADV	_	8 kilometre	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kilometre	det
8	kilometre	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moves	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moves	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 faster	punct
12	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 moves	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 faster	cc
14	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 faster	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move away	present	it	a kilometre			day	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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