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Test 10 · "It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section

His science teacher: "The flag had a rod along the top to hold it out." Why did it keep wobbling?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: science teacher, teacher · What happens: have, hold out, keep, wobble · To what, where: rod

This is test 10 of lesson 175 «"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section» 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

Sentence 1: His science teacher: "The flag had a rod along the top to hold it out."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flag	det
7	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rod	det
10	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	along	along	ADP	_	13 top	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 hold	mark
15	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 had	advcl
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hold	obj
17	out	out	ADP	_	15 hold	compound:prt
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 hold	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	His science teacher	a rod				along the top	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rod=Patient
2	hold out in a quote	to-infinitive	His science teacher not said here	rod					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

Sentence 2: Why did it keep wobbling?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 keep	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wobbling	wobble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	teacher						tree rules
2	wobble	gerund	teacher not said here						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

There's no air on the Moon to slow it down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 air	det
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 air	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 slow	mark
9	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 's	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 slow	obj
11	down	down	ADP	_	9 slow	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no air on the Moon			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	slow down	to-infinitive	no air on the Moon not said here	air					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The rod was broken, so the flag kept flapping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rod	det
2	rod	rod	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 kept	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 kept	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flag	det
8	flag	flag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
10	flapping	flap	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		the rod					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	keep	past	the flag						tree rules
3	flap	gerund	the flag not said here						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The astronauts kept blowing on it for the camera

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 astronauts	det
2	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 kept	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blowing	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 camera	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 camera	det
9	camera	camera	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the astronauts						tree rules
2	blow	gerund	the astronauts not said here			it		for the camera	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for camera=Beneficiary

Option 4

There's strong wind on the Moon that keeps blowing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wind	amod
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wind	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wind	acl:relcl
10	blowing	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	strong wind on the Moon			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	present	strong wind on the Moon						tree rules
3	blow	gerund	strong wind on the Moon not said here						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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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