Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: stars, light and space history ★★★
★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??" Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, stars · What happens: text, not twinkle up, break · To what, where: space station · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ An astronaut texts from the space station: "stars r not twinkling up here lol, broken??"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 texts | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 astronaut | case |
| 4 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 astronaut | det |
| 5 | astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | texts | text | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 station | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 station | det |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 station | compound |
| 10 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 texts | obl |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 twinkling | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 twinkling | punct |
| 13 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 twinkling | nsubj |
| 14 | r | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 twinkling | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 twinkling | advmod |
| 16 | twinkling | twinkle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 texts | parataxis |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 twinkling | compound:prt |
| 18 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 twinkling | advmod |
| 19 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 16 twinkling | discourse |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 broken | punct |
| 21 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 twinkling | conj |
| 22 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 texts | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 texts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | text | present | ★ ★ a astronaut | the space station | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not twinkle up in a quote | present · progressive | stars | here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | break in a quote | participle | stars not said here | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stars twinkle only on clear summer nights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 twinkle | nsubj |
| 2 | twinkle | twinkle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 nights | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 nights | case |
| 5 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 nights | amod |
| 6 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nights | compound |
| 7 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 twinkle | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | twinkle | present | Stars | night | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The window glass stops them from blinking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 glass | det |
| 2 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glass | compound |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stops | nsubj |
| 4 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stops | obj |
| 6 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 7 blinking | mark |
| 7 | blinking | blink | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stops | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | the window glass | them = they | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | blink | gerund | the window glass not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Not broken: twinkling comes from air, and you're above it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 broken | advmod |
| 2 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 twinkling | amod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 broken | punct |
| 4 | twinkling | twinkling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 comes | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 above | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 above | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 above | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 above | cop |
| 12 | above | above | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | come | present | broken twinkling | air | above air | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from air=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Yes: stars switch off their twinkle in space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 switch | discourse |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 switch | nsubj |
| 4 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 switch | compound:prt |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 twinkle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | twinkle | twinkle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switch | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 space | case |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch off | present | stars | stars's twinkle | space | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twinkle=Patient | |||
| 2 | twinkle | stars = star | nom twinkle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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