Test 1 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond
A headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!". What is the most sensible view?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: headline, Humans, sensible view · What happens: say, walk, be · To what, where: Mars · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 30 «What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond» 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 headline says "Humans will walk on Mars in 2027!".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 headline | det |
| 2 | headline | headline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 walk | punct |
| 5 | Humans | human | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 walk | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 walk | aux |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Mars | case |
| 9 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 walk | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 2027 | case |
| 11 | 2027 | 2027 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 walk | obl |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 walk | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 walk | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a headline | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | walk in a quote | future | Humans | Mars | in 2027 | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mars=Trajectory |
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 the most sensible view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 view | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 sensible | advmod |
| 5 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 view | amod |
| 6 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sensible view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
People already live there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | nsubj |
| 2 | already | already | ADV | _ | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | People | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
It is certain, the date is fixed and the rocket is ready
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 | 3 certain | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 certain | cop |
| 3 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fixed | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 date | det |
| 6 | date | date | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fixed | aux:pass |
| 8 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 certain | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ready | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rocket | det |
| 11 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ready | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 ready | cop |
| 13 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 certain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | certain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fix | present · passive | the date | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is | present | the rocket | ready property | tree rules |
Option 3
It can never happen at all
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 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 happen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | can | It | all | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A crewed landing is unlikely before the 2030s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 landing | det |
| 2 | crewed | crew | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 landing | amod |
| 3 | landing | landing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 unlikely | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 unlikely | cop |
| 5 | unlikely | unlikely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 2030s | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 2030s | det |
| 8 | 2030s | 2030 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 5 unlikely | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crew | participle | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | a crewed landing | before the 2030s | unlikely property | tree rules |
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