Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★
★★★ Zara from Bristol: "Helium were found on Earth first, then they spotted it in the Sun, proper job." Check the claim.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, ★, you · What happens: find, spot, check · To what, where: Helium, Earth, it, claim
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★» 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: ★★★ Zara from Bristol: "Helium were found on Earth first, then they spotted it in the Sun, proper job."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Bristol | case |
| 6 | Bristol | Bristol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Zara | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 found | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 found | punct |
| 9 | Helium | Helium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 found | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 found | aux:pass |
| 11 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ★ | acl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 Earth | case |
| 13 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 found | obl |
| 14 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 found | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 spotted | punct |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 spotted | advmod |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 spotted | nsubj |
| 18 | spotted | spot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 found | parataxis |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 spotted | obj |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 Sun | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Sun | det |
| 22 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 spotted | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 job | punct |
| 24 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 job | amod |
| 25 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 27 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find in a quote | past · passive | ★ ★ ★ and proper job not said here | Helium | Earth | first property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||
| 2 | spot in a quote | past | ★ | it | then | in the Sun | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination in sun=Theme |
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: Check the claim.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 claim | det |
| 3 | claim | claim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the claim | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
True: it was found in party balloons first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 True | parataxis |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 balloons | case |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 balloons | compound |
| 8 | balloons | balloon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 found | obl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 found | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | it | party balloons | first property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
False: it was first found on the Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 found | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux:pass |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 found | advmod |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 Moon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Moon | det |
| 9 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · passive | False | the Moon | first property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
True, and the name means "from Earth"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 means | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Earth | punct |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Earth | case |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Earth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | True | Earth | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Topic |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
False: it was seen in the Sun first, in 1868
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 seen | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 False | parataxis |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Sun | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sun | det |
| 8 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | obl |
| 9 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 seen | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 1868 | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1868 | case |
| 12 | 1868 | 1868 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · passive | it | the Sun | in 1868; first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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