Test 4 · The solar system and the planets
A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest. Why is she wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, be · To what, where: closest planet, Sun · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 4 «The solar system and the planets» 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: A girl says the closest planet to the Sun must be the hottest.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 planet | det |
| 5 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 planet | amod |
| 6 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Sun | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Sun | det |
| 9 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 planet | nmod |
| 10 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 hottest | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 hottest | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hottest | det |
| 13 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 planet | amod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl | the closest planet | the Sun | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent planet=Topic to sun=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | must | hot property | 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.
Sentence 2: Why is she wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wrong | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wrong | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | girl | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The Sun does not warm the planets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 warm | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 warm | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 warm | advmod |
| 5 | warm | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 planets | det |
| 7 | planets | planet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 warm | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not warm | present · do-support | the Sun | the planets | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent planet=Patient |
Option 2
Neptune is the hottest planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neptune | Neptune | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 planet | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 planet | det |
| 4 | hottest | hot | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 planet | amod |
| 5 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Neptune | the hottest planet | tree rules |
Option 3
Mercury is the farthest planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercury | Mercury | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 planet | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 planet | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 planet | det |
| 4 | farthest | far | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 planet | amod |
| 5 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mercury | the farthest planet | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Venus is hotter because its thick air holds heat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus | Venus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hotter | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hotter | cop |
| 3 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 holds | mark |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 air | nmod:poss |
| 6 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 air | amod |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holds | nsubj |
| 8 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hotter | advcl |
| 9 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 holds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Venus | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hold | present | its thick air | heat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Theme |
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