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Test 5 · The history of space exploration

A cartoon shows Laika coming home a hero and wagging her tail. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon · What happens: show, come, wag, be · To what, where: Laika, hero, tail

This is test 5 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

Sentence 1: A cartoon shows Laika coming home a hero and wagging her tail.

detnsubjobjxcompadvmoddetoblccconjnmod:possobjpunctrootADETcartoonNOUNshowsVERBLaikaPROPNcomingVERBhomeADVaDETheroNOUNandCCONJwaggingVERBherPRONtailNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4LaikaLaikaPROPNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
5comingcomeVERBVerbForm=Ger3 showsxcomp
6homehomeADV_5 comingadvmod
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 herodet
8heroheroNOUNNumber=Sing5 comingobl
9andandCCONJ_10 waggingcc
10waggingwagVERBVerbForm=Ger5 comingconj
11herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 tailnmod:poss
12tailtailNOUNNumber=Sing10 waggingobj
13..PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresenta cartoonLaikavn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent laika=Recipient clause=Topic
2comegerunda cartoon not said herea herohome propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3waggerunda cartoon not said herecartoon's tailvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=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: What is wrong?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Laika was really a cat called Félicette, not a dog at all

nsubjcopadvmoddetaclxcomppunctadvmoddetconjcasenmodrootLaikaPROPNwasAUXreallyADVaDETcatNOUNcalledVERBFélicettePROPN,PUNCTnotPARTaDETdogNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaikaLaikaPROPNNumber=Sing5 catnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 catcop
3reallyreallyADV_5 catadvmod
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 catdet
5catcatNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6calledcallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 catacl
7FélicetteFélicettePROPNNumber=Sing6 calledxcomp
8,,PUNCT_11 dogpunct
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 dogadvmod
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 dogdet
11dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing5 catconj
12atatADP_13 allcase
13allallDETPronType=Tot11 dognmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastLaikaa cat and a dog at alltree rules
2callparticiplea cat and a dog at all not said herevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Laika never went into space

nsubjadvmodcaseoblrootLaikaPROPNneverADVwentVERBintoADPspaceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaikaLaikaPROPNNumber=Sing3 wentnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 wentadvmod
3wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4intointoADP_5 spacecase
5spacespaceNOUNNumber=Sing3 wentobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not gopastLaikaspacevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into space=Initial_Location

Option 3

Laika lived on the Moon

nsubjcasedetoblrootLaikaPROPNlivedVERBonADPtheDETMoonPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaikaLaikaPROPNNumber=Sing2 livednsubj
2livedliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ononADP_5 Mooncase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Moondet
5MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing2 livedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1livepastLaikathe Moonvn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on moon=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Laika died in space within hours; there was no way back

nsubjcaseoblcaseoblpunctexplcopdetobladvmodrootLaikaPROPNdiedVERBinADPspaceNOUNwithinADPhoursNOUN;PUNCTtherePRONwasAUXnoDETwayNOUNbackADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LaikaLaikaPROPNNumber=Sing2 diednsubj
2dieddieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_4 spacecase
4spacespaceNOUNNumber=Sing2 diedobl
5withinwithinADP_6 hourscase
6hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur2 diedobl
7;;PUNCT_9 waspunct
8theretherePRONPronType=Dem9 wasexpl
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 waycop
10nonoDETPronType=Neg11 waydet
11waywayNOUNNumber=Sing2 diedobl
12backbackADV_11 wayadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1diepastLaikahourin spacevn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in space=Attribute
2is apastno waytree 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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