Test 14 · ★★★ · Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet

my brother reckons radio waves are way slower than sound. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, radio waves · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: way

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 100 «Communication: letters, phones, radio and the internet» of the world 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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waves	compound
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 way	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	ccomp
8	slower	slow	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 way	amod
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 sound	case
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slower	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my brother						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	radio waves	way					tree rules

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

Yes, they move as fast as a car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 move	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 move	nsubj
4	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 move	advmod
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 car	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	they					as a car; fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, they travel at the same speed as sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 travel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 travel	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 travel	nsubj
4	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 speed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 speed	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speed	amod
8	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travel	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 sound	case
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	they			the same speed		as sound	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, they travel at the speed of light, much faster than sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 travel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 travel	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 travel	nsubj
4	travel	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 speed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speed	det
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 travel	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 light	case
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speed	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 faster	punct
11	much	much	ADV	_	12 faster	advmod
12	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 travel	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	14 sound	case
14	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	they			the speed of light		fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory

Option 4

Yes, radio waves move slower than sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct
3	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waves	compound
4	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 move	nsubj
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	slower	slow	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 move	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	8 sound	case
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	radio waves					than sound; slow property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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