Test 10 · The Earth as a planet
The Pale Blue Dot photo shows the Earth as a tiny speck. What does it show about the Earth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dot photo, photo · What happens: show · To what, where: Earth
This is test 10 of lesson 5 «The Earth as a planet» 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: The Pale Blue Dot photo shows the Earth as a tiny speck.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 photo | det |
| 2 | Pale | Pale | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Dot | compound |
| 3 | Blue | Blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Dot | amod |
| 4 | Dot | Dot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 photo | compound |
| 5 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Earth | det |
| 8 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obj |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 speck | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 speck | det |
| 11 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 speck | amod |
| 12 | speck | speck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the Dot photo | the Earth | as a tiny speck | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent earth=Recipient |
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 does it show about the Earth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 Earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 show | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | photo | about the Earth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Recipient about earth=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
How small our whole world is in the vastness of space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 small | advmod |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 world | amod |
| 3 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 world | nmod:poss |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 world | amod |
| 5 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 vastness | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 vastness | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 vastness | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 vastness | det |
| 9 | vastness | vastness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 space | case |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 vastness | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | our small whole world | the vastness | of space | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
That the Earth is the only blue planet in the whole universe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Earth | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Earth | det |
| 3 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 planet | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 planet | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 planet | det |
| 6 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 planet | amod |
| 7 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 planet | amod |
| 8 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 universe | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 universe | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 universe | amod |
| 12 | universe | universe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 planet | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Earth | the only blue planet | the whole universe | tree rules |
Option 3
That the Earth is shaped like a dot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Earth | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Earth | det |
| 3 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shaped | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 shaped | aux:pass |
| 5 | shaped | shape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 dot | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dot | det |
| 8 | dot | dot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shape | present · passive | the Earth | like a dot | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
Option 4
That the Earth is the biggest planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Earth | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Earth | det |
| 3 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 planet | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 planet | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 planet | det |
| 6 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 planet | amod |
| 7 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Earth | the biggest planet | tree rules |
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