Test 4 · ★ · Exoplanets and the search for life
A planet is so close to its star that water boils away. Is it in the Goldilocks zone?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: planet, star, water · What happens: be, boil away · To what, where: Goldilocks zone
This is test 4 · ★ 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: A planet is so close to its star that water boils away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 planet | det |
| 2 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 close | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 close | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 close | advmod |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 star | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 star | nmod:poss |
| 8 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 close | obl |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 boils | nsubj |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boils | nsubj |
| 11 | boils | boil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 star | acl |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 11 boils | advmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 close | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a planet | to planet's star; close property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | boil away | present | planet's star | away property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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: Is it in the Goldilocks zone?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 zone | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 zone | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 zone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 zone | det |
| 5 | Goldilocks | Goldilocks | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 zone | compound |
| 6 | zone | zone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 zone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | water | the Goldilocks zone | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, any planet near a star is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 planet | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 planet | det |
| 4 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 star | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 star | det |
| 7 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 planet | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 planet | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | any planet | a star | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, boiling water is perfect for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 perfect | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 water | amod |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 perfect | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 perfect | cop |
| 6 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 perfect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | boiling water | for life; perfect property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it is too hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hot | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hot | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 hot | advmod |
| 6 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | hot property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, it is too cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 cold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cold | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cold | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 cold | advmod |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | cold property | tree rules |
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