Test 8 · ★ · Venus
Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world. What did recent studies suggest?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, Venus, recent studies · What happens: say, be, unchang, do, suggest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Mia says Venus has always been a dead, unchanging world.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 been | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 been | aux |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 been | advmod |
| 6 | been | be | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 world | det |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 world | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 unchanging | punct |
| 10 | unchanging | unchang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 world | amod |
| 11 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 been | nsubj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mia | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | present · perfect | Venus | always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | unchang | gerund | 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 did recent studies suggest?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 studies | amod |
| 4 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 suggest | nsubj |
| 5 | suggest | suggest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | suggest speech: suggest | present | recent studies | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Some of its volcanoes are probably still active
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 active | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 volcanoes | case |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 volcanoes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Some | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 active | cop |
| 6 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 8 active | advmod |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 active | advmod |
| 8 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Some | still | active, probably property | tree rules |
Option 2
Venus is slowly freezing over, from the poles down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 freezing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 freezing | aux |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 freezing | advmod |
| 4 | freezing | freeze | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 4 freezing | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 poles | punct |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 poles | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 poles | det |
| 9 | poles | pole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 freezing | obl |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 poles | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze over | present · progressive | Venus | the poles | over, slowly property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Venus has no volcanoes at all, not even any old ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 volcanoes | det |
| 4 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 volcanoes | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ones | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 ones | advmod |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 ones | advmod |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 ones | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ones | amod |
| 12 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 volcanoes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Venus | no volcanoes and any old ones | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent volcano=Patient |
Option 4
Venus has rivers of water flowing on it even today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rivers | nmod |
| 6 | flowing | flow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 rivers | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 flowing | obl |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 today | advmod |
| 10 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flowing | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Venus | rivers of water | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | ||||
| 2 | flow | gerund | rivers of water not said here | water | today | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
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