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Test 2 · ★★ · Satellites and GPS

In a cartoon, a satellite crashes because its engine runs out of fuel. What keeps a real satellite up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: satellite, engine · What happens: crash, run, keep up · To what, where: cartoon, fuel, real satellite

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 38 «Satellites and GPS» of the technology 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 cartoon, a satellite crashes because its engine runs out of fuel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crashes	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 satellite	det
6	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crashes	nsubj
7	crashes	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 runs	mark
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 engine	nmod:poss
10	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	nsubj
11	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 crashes	advcl
12	out	out	ADP	_	14 fuel	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 fuel	case
14	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 runs	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 crashes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	present	a satellite			a cartoon			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location
2	run	present	satellite's engine			fuel			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out fuel=Trajectory

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 keeps a real satellite up?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 satellite	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 satellite	amod
5	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	2 keeps	compound:prt
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 keeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep up	present		a real satellite					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent satellite=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its sideways speed makes it keep falling around the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 speed	nmod:poss
2	sideways	sideways	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 speed	amod
3	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
7	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
8	around	around	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Its sideways speed	it					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive							tree rules
3	fall	gerund				the Earth			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location

Option 2

Air under it holds it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 holds	nsubj
2	under	under	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Air	nmod
4	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 holds	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 holds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	Air under it	it					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Strings to the ground hold it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hold	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Strings	nmod
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	Strings to the ground	ground					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Its engine must run all the time, day and night, or it drops straight down

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 engine	nmod:poss
2	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 day	punct
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl:unmarked
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 night	cc
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 drops	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 drops	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 drops	nsubj
15	drops	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 run	conj
16	straight	straight	ADV	_	17 down	advmod
17	down	down	ADV	_	15 drops	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	must	Its engine				day; time		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drop	present	engine					down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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