Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★
★★★ Jack, rough: "Shut up, the Sun's gonna go supernova and we're all dead." What will a Sun-like star really do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Sun, we, like star · What happens: ★, shut up, go, be, do · To what, where: Jack, supernova · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Jack, rough: "Shut up, the Sun's gonna go supernova and we're all dead."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rough | punct |
| 6 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Jack | conj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Shut | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Shut | punct |
| 9 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ★ | conj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 Shut | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 go | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Sun | det |
| 13 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 go | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Sun | case |
| 15 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 16 go | dep |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 17 | supernova | supernova | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 go | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 dead | cc |
| 19 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 dead | nsubj |
| 20 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 dead | cop |
| 21 | all | all | ADV | _ | 22 dead | advmod |
| 22 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 go | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | Jack | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shut up in a quote | participle | ★ not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | infinitive | the Sun | supernova | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location supernova=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | we | all, dead property | tree rules |
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 will a Sun-like star really do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 do | obj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 star | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 like | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sun | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 star | amod |
| 7 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | nsubj |
| 8 | really | really | ADV | _ | 9 do | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | a like star | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Become a red giant, then a white dwarf
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Become | become | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 giant | det |
| 3 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 giant | amod |
| 4 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Become | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dwarf | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 dwarf | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dwarf | det |
| 8 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dwarf | amod |
| 9 | dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 giant | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | imperative | you not said here | a red giant | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Shrink and cool down into a giant planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrink | shrink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 cool | cc |
| 3 | cool | cool | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shrink | conj |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 cool | compound:prt |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 planet | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 planet | det |
| 7 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 planet | amod |
| 8 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cool | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | imperative | you not said here | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | cool down | infinitive | you not said here | a giant planet | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Turn into a black hole in a year or two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 hole | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hole | det |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hole | amod |
| 5 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 year | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hole | nmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 two | cc |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 year | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | imperative | you not said here | a black hole in a year | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into hole=Trajectory |
Option 4
Explode as a supernova, just as he says
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explode | explode | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 4 supernova | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 supernova | det |
| 4 | supernova | supernova | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Explode | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 says | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 says | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 says | nsubj |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Explode | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explode | imperative | you not said here | as a supernova | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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