Test 1 · The Milky Way

Tom says "the Milky Way is a chocolate bar, not a real thing in space". What should you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, Milky Way, you · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: chocolate bar, Tom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 23 «The Milky Way» 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

Sentence 1: Tom says "the Milky Way is a chocolate bar, not a real thing in space".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bar	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Way	det
5	Milky	milky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Way	amod
6	Way	Way	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bar	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bar	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bar	det
9	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bar	compound
10	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thing	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 thing	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 thing	det
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thing	amod
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bar	appos
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 space	case
17	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thing	nmod
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 thing	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tom						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	the Milky Way	a chocolate bar					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.

Sentence 2: What should you tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	you		Tom				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is just a thin cloud of dust floating around the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cloud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cloud	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 cloud	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cloud	det
5	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloud	amod
6	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 dust	case
8	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cloud	nmod
9	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cloud	acl
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 Earth	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Earth	det
12	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a thin cloud				of dust	tree rules
2	float	gerund	a thin cloud not said here			the Earth			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around earth=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is our real galaxy, and the bar is named after it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 galaxy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 galaxy	cop
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 galaxy	nmod:poss
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 galaxy	amod
5	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 named	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 named	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bar	det
9	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 named	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 named	aux:pass
11	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 galaxy	parataxis
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	our real galaxy					tree rules
2	name	present · passive		the bar			after galaxy		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It is another, older name for the Moon and its pale light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 name	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 name	cop
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 name	det
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 name	punct
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 name	amod
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 name	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 light	cc
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 light	nmod:poss
12	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 light	amod
13	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 name	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	another older name and Moon's pale light				for the Moon	tree rules
2	light		Moon						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He is right, it is only a sweet that was named after a star

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sweet	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sweet	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sweet	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 sweet	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sweet	det
9	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 named	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 named	aux:pass
12	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sweet	acl:relcl
13	after	after	ADP	_	15 star	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 star	det
15	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 named	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a sweet			tree rules
3	name	past · passive		a sweet	after a star		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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