Test 4 · ★★ · Satellites and GPS

What would happen to the satellite TV if a big tree grew between a dish and the south-east sky?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big tree · What happens: happen, grow · To what, where: dish

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 TV	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 TV	det
6	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 TV	compound
7	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 grew	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grew	nsubj
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
13	between	between	ADP	_	15 dish	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dish	det
15	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grew	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sky	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 sky	det
18	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 east	compound
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	18 south	punct
20	east	east	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 sky	amod
21	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 dish	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to the satellite TV	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grow a condition, not said to happen	past	a big tree			a dish and the east sky			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between dish=Location

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 TV would get clearer pictures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 TV	det
2	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	clearer	clear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 pictures	amod
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	the TV	clearer pictures					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The picture could break up or stop, because the signal is blocked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 picture	det
2	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 break	aux
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 break	compound:prt
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stop	cc
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 break	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 blocked	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 blocked	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 signal	det
11	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blocked	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blocked	aux:pass
13	blocked	block	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 break	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break up	could	the picture		vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	stop	infinitive	the picture not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	block	present · passive		the signal	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, signals go through anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 signals	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Nothing signals			anything			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through anything=Initial_Location

Option 4

The dish would turn round by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dish	det
2	dish	dish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	round	round	ADV	_	4 turn	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	would	the dish					by dish; round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by itself=Trajectory

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