Test 3 · The Moon
Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity. Could you go swimming there?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Old maps, you · What happens: call, go, swim · To what, where: Moon patch · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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: Old maps call a Moon patch the Sea of Tranquillity.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 maps | amod |
| 2 | maps | map | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 call | nsubj |
| 3 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 patch | det |
| 5 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 patch | compound |
| 6 | patch | patch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 call | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sea | det |
| 8 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 call | xcomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Tranquillity | case |
| 10 | Tranquillity | Tranquillity | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Sea | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Old maps | a Moon patch | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patch=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: Could you go swimming there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 go | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 go | nsubj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | swimming | swim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 go | xcomp |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 swimming | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | could | you | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | swim | gerund | you not said here | there | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, but only at full Moon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 Moon | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 Moon | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 Moon | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Moon | amod |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it is a plain of old hardened lava
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 plain | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 plain | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 plain | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 plain | det |
| 6 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 lava | case |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 lava | amod |
| 9 | hardened | harden | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 lava | amod |
| 10 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plain | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a plain | of old hardened lava | tree rules | |||
| 2 | harden | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, it is shallow salty water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 water | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 water | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 water | cop |
| 5 | shallow | shallow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 6 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | shallow salty water | tree rules |
Option 4
No, the water is frozen solid all the way down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 frozen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frozen | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 frozen | aux:pass |
| 6 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 frozen | xcomp |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 way | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frozen | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 frozen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | present · passive | the water | all way obl:unmarked; down, solid property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
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