Test 1 · ★ · Galaxies and the Big Bang
Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space". What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, Big Bang · What happens: say, be · To what, where: massive explosion, one spot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Galaxies and the Big Bang» 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: Sam says "the Big Bang was a massive explosion in one spot in empty space".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | 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 explosion | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Bang | det |
| 5 | Big | Big | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Bang | compound |
| 6 | Bang | Bang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 explosion | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 explosion | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 explosion | det |
| 9 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 explosion | amod |
| 10 | explosion | explosion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 spot | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 spot | nummod |
| 13 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 explosion | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 space | case |
| 15 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 space | amod |
| 16 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 spot | nmod |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 explosion | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | the Big Bang | a massive explosion | one spot in empty space | 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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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 | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It was two galaxies crashing
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 | 4 galaxies | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 galaxies | cop |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 galaxies | nummod |
| 4 | galaxies | galaxy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | crashing | crash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 galaxies | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | two galaxies | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | crash | gerund | two galaxies not said here | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was all of space stretching at once, everywhere
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 stretching | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 stretching | aux |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 stretching | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 space | case |
| 5 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 all | nmod |
| 6 | stretching | stretch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 stretching | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 everywhere | punct |
| 10 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 stretching | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stretch | past · progressive | It | everywhere property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
It was the Sun exploding and throwing out all the planets
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 exploding | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 exploding | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sun | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 exploding | nsubj |
| 5 | exploding | explode | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 throwing | cc |
| 7 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 exploding | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 throwing | compound:prt |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 planets | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 planets | det |
| 11 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 throwing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explode | past · progressive | It | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | throw out | gerund | all planets | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent planet=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He is right, it was one bomb in the middle
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 | _ | 8 bomb | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bomb | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 bomb | cop |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 bomb | nummod |
| 8 | bomb | bomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 middle | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 middle | det |
| 11 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bomb | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | one bomb | the middle | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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