Test 6 · ★ · Mars
news says "NASA FOUND LIFE ON MARS!!!" in 2025. What did scientists actually report?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: news, NASA, scientists · What happens: say, find, report · To what, where: LIFE, MARS · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 8 «Mars» 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: news says "NASA FOUND LIFE ON MARS!!!" in 2025.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 FOUND | punct |
| 4 | NASA | NASA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 FOUND | nsubj |
| 5 | FOUND | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | LIFE | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 FOUND | obj |
| 7 | ON | on | ADP | _ | 8 MARS | case |
| 8 | MARS | MARS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 FOUND | obl |
| 9 | !!! | !!! | PUNCT | _ | 5 FOUND | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 FOUND | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 2025 | case |
| 12 | 2025 | 2025 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 FOUND | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | news | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | find in a quote | past | NASA | LIFE | MARS | in 2025 | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Topic |
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 scientists actually report?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 report | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 report | aux |
| 3 | scientists | scientist | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 report | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 report | advmod |
| 5 | report | report | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 report | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | past · do-support | scientists | actually property | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Green plants in a crater
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 plants | amod |
| 2 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 crater | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 crater | det |
| 5 | crater | crater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plants | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Living animals under the ice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Living | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 ice | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 ice | det |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | animals | the ice | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme animal=Location |
Option 3
Bones of old Martians
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Martians | case |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Martians | amod |
| 4 | Martians | Martian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 1 Bones | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A rock with chemical patterns that could be a possible sign of ancient microbes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rock | det |
| 2 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sign | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 patterns | case |
| 4 | chemical | chemical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 patterns | amod |
| 5 | patterns | pattern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 rock | nmod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 sign | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 sign | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sign | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sign | det |
| 10 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sign | amod |
| 11 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 microbes | case |
| 13 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 microbes | amod |
| 14 | microbes | microbe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | could | a rock with chemical patterns | a possible sign | of ancient microbes | tree rules |
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