Test 5 · The Milky Way

camping in the Highlands n there's this pale milky stripe across the sky. what is it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pale milky stripe, this · What happens: camp, n, be, stripe · To what, where: Highlands, stripe, sky

This is test 5 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	camping	camp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 n	advcl
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 Highlands	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Highlands	det
4	Highlands	Highland	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 camping	obl
5	n	n	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 n	ccomp
8	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 stripe	nsubj
9	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stripe	amod
10	milky	milky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stripe	amod
11	stripe	stripe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
12	across	across	ADP	_	14 sky	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sky	det
14	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 n	punct
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 n	ccomp
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 what	cop
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 n	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	camp	gerund			the Highlands	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in highland=Location
2	n	present		stripe		tree rules
3	be	present	pale milky stripe		the sky; there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stripe		this			tree rules
5	is a	present				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

Mist rising slowly from the hills and the lochs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	rising	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Mist	acl
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 rising	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 hills	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hills	det
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rising	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lochs	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lochs	det
9	lochs	loch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hills	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	gerund	Mist not said here			the hills and the lochs		slowly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from hill=Initial_Location

Option 2

A long white trail left behind by an aeroplane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trail	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trail	amod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trail	amod
4	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trail	acl
6	behind	behind	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 aeroplane	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 aeroplane	det
9	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave behind	participle		a long white trail not said here				by a aeroplane; behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by aeroplane=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Milky Way, our galaxy seen from inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Way	det
2	Milky	milky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Way	amod
3	Way	Way	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 galaxy	punct
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 galaxy	nmod:poss
6	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Way	appos
7	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 galaxy	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 inside	case
9	inside	inside	ADV	_	7 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	participle		our galaxy not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Light glowing up from a far-off city like Glasgow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Light	acl
3	up	up	ADV	_	2 glowing	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	9 city	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 city	det
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 city	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 far	punct
8	off	off	ADP	_	9 city	case
9	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 glowing	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 Glasgow	case
11	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 city	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow up	gerund	Light not said here			a city like Glasgow			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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