Test 9 · The Earth as a planet
Is the Earth a perfect ball?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: perfect ball
This is test 9 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 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 ball | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Earth | det |
| 3 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ball | det |
| 5 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ball | amod |
| 6 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 ball | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a perfect ball | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, perfectly round in every direction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 round | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 4 round | advmod |
| 4 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 direction | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 direction | det |
| 7 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 round | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
No, it is shaped like an egg pointing at the Sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 shaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 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 egg | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 egg | det |
| 8 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaped | obl |
| 9 | pointing | point | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 egg | acl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 Sun | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Sun | det |
| 12 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 pointing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shape | present · passive | it | like a egg | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | point | gerund | a egg not said here | the Sun | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, it is flat like a plate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 flat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 flat | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 flat | cop |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 plate | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 plate | det |
| 8 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | like a plate; flat property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Almost, but it bulges slightly at the equator
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almost | almost | ADV | _ | 5 bulges | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 bulges | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 bulges | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bulges | nsubj |
| 5 | bulges | bulge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 5 bulges | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 equator | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 equator | det |
| 9 | equator | equator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bulges | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bulge | present | it | the equator | almost, slightly property | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at equator=Location |
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