Test 4 · Telescopes and light
Why did Hubble get blurry pictures at first, and how was it fixed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hubble · What happens: get, fix · To what, where: blurry pictures, it
This is test 4 of lesson 27 «Telescopes and light» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 get | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | Hubble | Hubble | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | blurry | blurry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pictures | amod |
| 6 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 first | case |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 get | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 fixed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fixed | cc |
| 11 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 fixed | advmod |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fixed | aux:pass |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 get | advcl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | Hubble | blurry pictures | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent picture=Theme at first=Asset | ||||
| 2 | fix | past · passive | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Its mirror was wrongly shaped, and astronauts fixed it in 1993
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mirror | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaped | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaped | aux:pass |
| 4 | wrongly | wrongly | ADV | _ | 5 shaped | advmod |
| 5 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fixed | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fixed | cc |
| 8 | astronauts | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 fixed | nsubj |
| 9 | fixed | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaped | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fixed | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1993 | case |
| 12 | 1993 | 1993 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 fixed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shape | past · passive | Its mirror | wrongly property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | fix | past | astronauts | mirror | 1993 | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2
It was never fixed
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 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fixed | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 fixed | advmod |
| 4 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fix | past · passive | It | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Its lens was dirty, so it was wiped clean by a robot arm sent from Earth
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 lens | nmod:poss |
| 2 | lens | lens | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dirty | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dirty | cop |
| 4 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wiped | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 wiped | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wiped | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 wiped | aux:pass |
| 9 | wiped | wipe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dirty | conj |
| 10 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wiped | xcomp |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 arm | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 arm | det |
| 13 | robot | robot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 arm | compound |
| 14 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wiped | obl |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 arm | acl |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 Earth | case |
| 17 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Its lens | dirty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wipe | past · passive | a robot arm | lens | clean property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | send | participle | a robot arm not said here | Earth | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from earth=Initial_Location |
Option 4
It was too far away, so it was moved closer
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 away | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 away | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 far | advmod |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 moved | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 moved | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 moved | aux:pass |
| 10 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 away | advcl |
| 11 | closer | close | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 moved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | away, far property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | move | past · passive | it | close property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
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