Test 3 · The history of space exploration

Which is true about the first artificial satellite?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 3 of lesson 29 «The history of space exploration» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	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	about	about	ADP	_	8 satellite	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 satellite	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 satellite	amod
7	artificial	artificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 satellite	amod
8	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the first artificial satellite; true property	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was a beeping metal ball launched by the Soviet Union

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 ball	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ball	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ball	det
4	beeping	beep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ball	amod
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ball	compound
6	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	launched	launch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ball	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 Union	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Union	det
10	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Union	compound
11	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 launched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beep	gerund				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	It	a beeping metal ball		tree rules
3	launch	participle		a beeping metal ball not said here	by the Soviet Union	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by union=Destination

Option 2

It was a US rocket that carried a small dog round the Earth

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 rocket	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rocket	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rocket	det
4	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rocket	compound
5	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 carried	nsubj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rocket	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obj
11	round	round	ADP	_	13 Earth	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Earth	det
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a US rocket					tree rules
2	carry	past	a US rocket	a small dog				round the Earth	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 3

It was the International Space Station

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 Station	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Station	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Station	det
4	International	International	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Station	compound
5	Space	Space	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Station	compound
6	Station	Station	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the International Space Station					tree rules

Option 4

It was a German V-2 weapon

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 V	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 V	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 V	det
4	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 V	amod
5	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 2	punct
7	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 V	appos
8	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 2	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a German V					tree rules

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