Test 4 · The Earth as a planet

We are zooming round the Sun at 30 km a second, so why don't we feel it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: We · What happens: zoom, not feel · To what, where: 30 km, km

This is test 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 zooming	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 zooming	aux
3	zooming	zoom	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 Sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 zooming	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 km	case
8	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 km	nummod
9	km	km	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 zooming	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 second	det
11	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 km	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 feel	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	18 feel	advmod
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	18 feel	advmod
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 feel	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 feel	advmod
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 feel	nsubj
18	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 zooming	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 feel	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 zooming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	zoom	present · progressive	We			30 km a second		round the Sun	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round sun=Trajectory
2	not feel	present · do-support	we	km					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

We move smoothly together with the air, like on a smooth train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
4	together	together	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 air	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 train	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	13 train	case
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 train	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 train	det
12	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 train	amod
13	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	We					with the air; like a smooth train; smoothly, together property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Moon holds us steady

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 holds	obj
5	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	the Moon	us				steady property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

Option 3

It is only true at the equator

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 equator	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 equator	det
7	equator	equator	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			the equator		true property	tree rules

Option 4

We are far too heavy to feel it, so the speed cannot push us about

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 heavy	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 heavy	cop
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 heavy	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 heavy	advmod
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 feel	mark
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 heavy	csubj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feel	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 push	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 push	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 speed	det
12	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 push	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 push	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 push	advmod
15	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 heavy	conj
16	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 push	obj
17	about	about	ADV	_	15 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	We		far, heavy property	tree rules
2	feel	to-infinitive		it		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not push	can	the speed	us	about property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme

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