Test 7 · ★★ · Asteroids and the asteroid belt

Why do scientists want samples from asteroids like Bennu?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: scientists · What happens: want · To what, where: samples, asteroids

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 want	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	samples	sample	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 asteroids	case
7	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	obl
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 Bennu	case
9	Bennu	Bennu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asteroids	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	scientists	samples		asteroids like Bennu			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sample=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are almost unchanged leftovers from the birth of the Solar System

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leftovers	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leftovers	cop
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	4 unchanged	advmod
4	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leftovers	amod
5	leftovers	leftover	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 birth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 birth	det
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leftovers	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 System	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 System	det
11	Solar	Solar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 System	compound
12	System	System	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 birth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	unchanged leftovers		the birth of the Solar System			tree rules

Option 2

They contain living creatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 contain	nsubj
2	contain	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 creatures	amod
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 contain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	They	living creatures					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot creature=Theme
2	live	gerund							vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They will make the Earth bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 make	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	future	They	the Earth				big property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset earth=Product

Option 4

They are made of melted planets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 planets	case
5	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 planets	amod
6	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		They				of melted planets	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	melt	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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