Test 8 · ★ · Mars

Why might a huge dust storm be a problem for a solar-powered rover?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: huge dust storm · What happens: be, power · To what, where: problem

This is test 8 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 problem	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 problem	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 storm	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 storm	amod
5	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 storm	compound
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 problem	nsubj
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 problem	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 problem	det
9	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	15 rover	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 rover	det
12	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 powered	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 solar	punct
14	powered	power	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 rover	amod
15	rover	rover	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 problem	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 problem	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	might	a huge dust storm	a problem				for a powered rover	tree rules
2	power	participle							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

Dust storms on Mars are made of acid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 storms	compound
2	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj:pass
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 Mars	case
4	Mars	Mars	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 storms	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 acid	case
8	acid	acid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Dust storms on Mars				of acid	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dust blocks sunlight and covers its solar panels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	nsubj
2	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blocks	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 covers	cc
5	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 blocks	conj
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 panels	nmod:poss
7	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 panels	amod
8	panels	panel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	Dust	sunlight					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sunlight=Theme
2	cover	present	Dust not said here	Dust's solar panels					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme panel=Destination

Option 3

The storm blows the rover to the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blows	nsubj
3	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rover	det
5	rover	rover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blows	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 blows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	present	the storm	the rover	the Moon				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rover=Patient to moon=Recipient

Option 4

Dust makes the rover heavier than a car, so it gets stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rover	det
4	rover	rover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	heavier	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	8 car	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heavier	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 gets	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	parataxis
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Dust	the rover				heavy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rover=Product
2	get	present	Dust					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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