Test 1 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt
In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks. What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: spaceship, truth · What happens: swerve, pack, be · To what, where: film, asteroid belt
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Asteroids and the asteroid belt» 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: In a film, a spaceship swerves through an asteroid belt packed with tumbling rocks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swerves | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spaceship | det |
| 6 | spaceship | spaceship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swerves | nsubj |
| 7 | swerves | swerve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 belt | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 belt | det |
| 10 | asteroid | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 belt | compound |
| 11 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 swerves | obl |
| 12 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 belt | acl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 rocks | case |
| 14 | tumbling | tumbling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rocks | compound |
| 15 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 packed | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 swerves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swerve | present | a spaceship | a film | through a asteroid belt | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through belt=Location | |||
| 2 | pack | participle | a asteroid belt not said here | with tumbling rocks | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rock=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.
Sentence 2: What is the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The belt is a solid ring of rock
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 belt | det |
| 2 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ring | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 ring | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ring | det |
| 5 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ring | amod |
| 6 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 rock | case |
| 8 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ring | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the belt | a solid ring | of rock | tree rules |
Option 2
Ships cannot fly through it at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fly | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fly | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 fly | advmod |
| 4 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fly | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fly | can | Ships | it | at all | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through it=Location |
Option 3
Films are right, the rocks are touching
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 touching | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rocks | det |
| 6 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 touching | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 touching | aux |
| 8 | touching | touch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Films | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | touch | present · progressive | the rocks | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The belt is mostly empty; asteroids are usually very far apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 belt | det |
| 2 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 empty | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 empty | cop |
| 4 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 5 empty | advmod |
| 5 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 far | punct |
| 7 | asteroids | asteroid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 far | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 far | cop |
| 9 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 11 far | advmod |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 far | advmod |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 apart | advmod |
| 12 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 5 empty | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the belt | apart, empty, mostly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | asteroids | far, usually property | tree rules |
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