Test 2 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

my bro says the belt is a smashed planet. what do scientists think?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, belt, scientists · What happens: say, be, think · To what, where: smashed planet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 belt	det
5	belt	belt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 planet	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 planet	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 planet	det
8	smashed	smashed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 planet	amod
9	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 think	obj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 think	aux
13	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 think	nsubj
14	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a	present	the belt	a smashed planet	tree rules
3	think speech: other	present · do-support	scientists		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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.

The options

Option 1

It is pieces of the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pieces	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pieces	cop
3	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Moon	det
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pieces	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	pieces				of the Moon	tree rules

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

It is leftover material that never joined into a planet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 material	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 material	cop
3	leftover	leftover	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 material	compound
4	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 joined	obj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 joined	advmod
7	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 material	acl:relcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 planet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 planet	det
10	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	leftover material					tree rules
2	not join	past		leftover material				into a planet	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent that=Patient into planet=Co-Patient

Option 3

It is ice from Saturn's rings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ice	cop
3	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 rings	case
5	Saturn	Saturn	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rings	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Saturn	case
7	rings	ring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	ice		Saturn's rings			tree rules

Option 4

He is right, a whole planet exploded there a long time ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 exploded	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 planet	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 planet	amod
7	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exploded	nsubj
8	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 exploded	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 exploded	obl:unmarked
13	ago	ago	ADV	_	8 exploded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	explode	past	a whole planet			there	time	ago property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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