Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★
★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega." Check the claim.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, light, we, Vega, you · What happens: leave, change, see, light, check · To what, where: light, old Vega, claim · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Priya: "Vega's light left it 25 years ago, so if it changed last week we'd still see the old Vega."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 left | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Priya | case |
| 4 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 left | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 left | punct |
| 7 | Vega | Vega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 light | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Vega | case |
| 9 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 left | nsubj |
| 10 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 left | obj |
| 12 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 years | nummod |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 left | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 changed | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 changed | advmod |
| 17 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 changed | mark |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 changed | nsubj |
| 19 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 left | conj |
| 20 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 week | amod |
| 21 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 changed | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 see | nsubj |
| 23 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 see | aux |
| 24 | still | still | ADV | _ | 25 see | advmod |
| 25 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 changed | ccomp |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Vega | det |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 Vega | amod |
| 28 | Vega | Vega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 see | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 left | punct |
| 30 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | past | ★ ★ Priya | light | ago property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | change in a quote | past | light | week | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see in a quote | would | we | the old Vega | still | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | light in a quote | Vega | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
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
True, but only for red stars, not blue ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stars | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stars | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 stars | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 stars | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 stars | case |
| 6 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stars | amod |
| 7 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ones | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 ones | advmod |
| 10 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ones | amod |
| 11 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stars | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
False: Vega's light gets here in 8 minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gets | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 gets | punct |
| 3 | Vega | Vega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 light | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Vega | case |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 gets | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 minutes | case |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 minutes | nummod |
| 10 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Vega's light | here | minute | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | light | Vega | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
True: we see Vega as it was 25 years ago
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 True | parataxis |
| 5 | Vega | Vega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 years | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 years | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 years | cop |
| 9 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 years | nummod |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obl |
| 11 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 10 years | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | we | Vega | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | 25 years | ago property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
False: we always see stars as they are now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | False | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 see | amod |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 are | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 are | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 are | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | we | stars | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | does | present | stars = star | now | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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