Test 2 · ★ · Venus
A car left in the sun with the windows closed gets hot inside. Why is that like Venus?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car, that · What happens: leave, close, get, be · To what, where: car, sun, windows
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Venus» 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: A car left in the sun with the windows closed gets hot inside.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 car | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sun | det |
| 6 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 windows | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 windows | det |
| 9 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 left | obl |
| 10 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 windows | acl |
| 11 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 gets | xcomp |
| 13 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 12 hot | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | participle | a car not said here | in the sun result; with the windows | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in sun=Result | ||||
| 2 | close | participle | the windows not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | get | present | a car | hot property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Why is that like Venus?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 Venus | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Venus | cop |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 Venus | nsubj |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 Venus | case |
| 5 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 Venus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | like Venus | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The car is covered in acid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 covered | aux:pass |
| 4 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 acid | case |
| 6 | acid | acid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present · passive | the car | in acid | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in acid=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Heat gets in but cannot easily get out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 2 gets | compound:prt |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 get | cc |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 get | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 get | advmod |
| 7 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gets | conj |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 8 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in | present | Heat | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not get out | can | Heat not said here | easily, out property | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The car spins backwards
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spins | nsubj |
| 3 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 3 spins | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | the car | backwards property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The car's metal burns like Venus's rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 metal | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 car | case |
| 4 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burns | nsubj |
| 5 | burns | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 rocks | case |
| 7 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 rocks | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Venus | case |
| 9 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 burns | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | present | the car's metal | like Venus's rocks | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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