Test 1 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life
Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week". What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, video, scientists · What happens: see, say, find, be · To what, where: video, aliens · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 26 «Exoplanets and the search for life» 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: Ruby saw a video saying "scientists found aliens on an exoplanet last week".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 video | det |
| 4 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 5 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 video | acl |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 found | punct |
| 7 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 found | nsubj |
| 8 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saying | ccomp |
| 9 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 found | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 week | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 week | det |
| 12 | exoplanet | exoplanet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 week | amod |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 week | amod |
| 14 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 found | obl |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 found | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Ruby | a video | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | a video not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | find in a quote | past | scientists | aliens | week | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alien=Topic |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, SETI got a clear message from aliens in 2019
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | SETI | SETI | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 message | det |
| 6 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 message | amod |
| 7 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 aliens | case |
| 9 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 message | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 2019 | case |
| 11 | 2019 | 2019 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | SETI | a clear message | aliens | in 2019 | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent message=Theme from alien=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No life has been confirmed anywhere beyond Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 life | det |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 confirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 confirmed | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 confirmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | confirmed | confirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 confirmed | advmod |
| 7 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 8 Earth | case |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 confirmed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confirm | present · perfect · passive | no life | beyond Earth; anywhere property | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, aliens live on Kepler-16b
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 live | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | aliens | alien | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 live | nsubj |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 16b | case |
| 6 | Kepler | kepler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 16b | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 Kepler | punct |
| 8 | 16b | 16b | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | aliens | Kepler 16b | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on 16b=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, life was found on TRAPPIST-1
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 TRAPPIST | case |
| 7 | TRAPPIST | trappist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | obl |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 1 | punct |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 TRAPPIST | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | life | TRAPPIST | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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