Test 6 · Mercury
A raisin is a shrunken grape with wrinkled skin. What on Mercury is like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: raisin · What happens: be, wrinkle · To what, where: shrunken grape
This is test 6 of lesson 3 «Mercury» 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 raisin is a shrunken grape with wrinkled skin.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 raisin | det |
| 2 | raisin | raisin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grape | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 grape | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 grape | det |
| 5 | shrunken | shrunken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grape | amod |
| 6 | grape | grape | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 skin | case |
| 8 | wrinkled | wrinkle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 skin | amod |
| 9 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grape | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 grape | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a raisin | a shrunken grape | with wrinkled skin | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wrinkle | participle | vn bend-45.2 «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: What on Mercury is like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 Mercury | case |
| 3 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 that | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | like that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Its craters, made by rocks crashing into it
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 craters | nmod:poss |
| 2 | craters | crater | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 rocks | case |
| 6 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | obl:agent |
| 7 | crashing | crash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 rocks | acl |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 crashing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle · passive | rocks | Its craters | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | crash | gerund | rocks not said here | into it result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into it=Result |
Option 2
Its ice, hidden away in deep, dark shadow
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 ice | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 ice | punct |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 hidden | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 shadow | case |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 shadow | amod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 deep | punct |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 shadow | amod |
| 10 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide away | participle · passive | Its ice | deep dark shadow | away property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in shadow=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Its scarps, made as the planet shrank
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 scarps | nmod:poss |
| 2 | scarps | scarp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shrank | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 scarps | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 planet | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 planet | det |
| 7 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 8 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Its scarps not said here | as the planet | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 2 | shrink | past | Its scarps | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Its long tail, made by the solar wind blowing
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 | 3 tail | nmod:poss |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tail | amod |
| 3 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 tail | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 wind | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wind | det |
| 8 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 wind | amod |
| 9 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl:agent |
| 10 | blowing | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 wind | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle | Its long tail not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | |||||
| 2 | blow | gerund | the solar wind not said here | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
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