Test 7 · ★★ · What comes next: the Moon, Mars and beyond
In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city. What is the real plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old space station, real plan · What happens: drift down, crash, be · To what, where: cartoon, city
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, the old space station drifts down and crashes into a city.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 drifts | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 station | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 station | amod |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 station | compound |
| 8 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 drifts | nsubj |
| 9 | drifts | drift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 drifts | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 crashes | cc |
| 12 | crashes | crash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 drifts | conj |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 crashes | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 drifts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drift down | present | the old space station | a cartoon | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | crash | present | the old space station not said here | into a city result | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into city=Result |
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 real plan?
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 | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Guide it down into a remote part of the Pacific
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guide | guide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Guide | obj |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Guide | compound:prt |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 part | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 part | det |
| 6 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 part | amod |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Guide | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Pacific | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Pacific | det |
| 10 | Pacific | Pacific | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guide down | imperative | you not said here | it | a remote part of the Pacific | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into part=Destination |
Option 2
Let it fall down anywhere at all, just by chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 fall | compound:prt |
| 5 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 fall | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 fall | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chance | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 chance | advmod |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 chance | case |
| 11 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | it | by chance | tree rules | |||
| 2 | fall down | infinitive | all | anywhere property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 3
Push it right out of the solar system with a rocket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Push | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 system | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 system | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 system | det |
| 7 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 system | amod |
| 8 | system | system | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rocket | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 rocket | det |
| 11 | rocket | rocket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | it | the solar system | with a rocket; right property | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out system=Trajectory |
Option 4
Leave it up there for ever as a museum in the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Leave | compound:prt |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 museum | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 museum | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 museum | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 museum | det |
| 9 | museum | museum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 sky | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sky | det |
| 12 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave up | imperative | you not said here | it | the sky; there | for a museum | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sky=Location |
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