Test 6 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics A fireworks rocket bursts far away. You see the flash, then hear the bang. What does this tell you?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fireworks rocket, You, this · What happens: burst, see, hear, tell · To what, where: flash, bang, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics» 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 fireworks rocket bursts far away.
det compound nsubj advmod advmod punct root A DET fireworks NOUN rocket NOUN bursts VERB far ADV away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 rocket det 2 fireworks firework NOUN Number=Plur 3 rocket compound 3 rocket rocket NOUN Number=Sing 4 bursts nsubj 4 bursts burst VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 far far ADV Degree=Pos 6 away advmod 6 away away ADV _ 4 bursts advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 bursts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 burst present a fireworks rocket away property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: You see the flash, then hear the bang.
nsubj det obj punct advmod conj det obj punct root You PRON see VERB the DET flash NOUN , PUNCT then ADV hear VERB the DET bang NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 see nsubj 2 see see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 flash det 4 flash flash NOUN Number=Sing 2 see obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 hear punct 6 then then ADV PronType=Dem 7 hear advmod 7 hear hear VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 see conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 bang det 9 bang bang NOUN Number=Sing 7 hear obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 see punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see present You the flash vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer flash=Stimulus 2 hear infinitive You not said here the bang then vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer bang=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What does this tell you?
obj aux nsubj iobj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON tell VERB you PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 tell obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 tell nsubj 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present · do-support this you vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic
The options Option 1 Your ears are slower than your eyes
nmod:poss nsubj cop case nmod:poss obl root Your PRON ears NOUN are AUX slower ADJ than ADP your PRON eyes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 ears nmod:poss 2 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 4 slower nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 slower cop 4 slower slow ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 than than ADP _ 7 eyes case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 eyes nmod:poss 7 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 4 slower obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Your ears than your eyes; slow property tree rules
Option 2 Sound only travels at night
nsubj advmod case obl root Sound NOUN only ADV travels VERB at ADP night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 3 travels nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 travels advmod 3 travels travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 5 night case 5 night night NOUN Number=Sing 3 travels obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 travel present Sound night vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice The bang was made a few seconds after the flash
det nsubj:pass aux:pass det amod obl:unmarked case det obl root The DET bang NOUN was AUX made VERB a DET few ADJ seconds NOUN after ADP the DET flash NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bang det 2 bang bang NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 made aux:pass 4 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 seconds det 6 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 7 seconds amod 7 seconds second NOUN Number=Plur 4 made obl:unmarked 8 after after ADP _ 10 flash case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 flash det 10 flash flash NOUN Number=Sing 4 made obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past · passive the bang after the flash; second vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Light reached you sooner than the sound
nsubj obj advmod case det obl root Light NOUN reached VERB you PRON sooner ADV than ADP the DET sound NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Light light NOUN Number=Sing 2 reached nsubj 2 reached reach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 reached obj 4 sooner soon ADV Degree=Cmp 2 reached advmod 5 than than ADP _ 7 sound case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 sound det 7 sound sound NOUN Number=Sing 4 sooner obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reach past Light you soon property vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent you=Theme
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