Test 9 · ★★★ · Thinking like a scientist: the body and physics
A girl spins on a roundabout and then stands still, but the world seems to keep turning. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, world · What happens: spin, stand, seem, keep, turn · To what, where: roundabout
This is test 9 · ★★★ 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 girl spins on a roundabout and then stands still, but the world seems to keep turning.
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 spins | nsubj |
| 3 | spins | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 roundabout | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 roundabout | det |
| 6 | roundabout | roundabout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spins | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stands | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 stands | advmod |
| 9 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spins | conj |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 stands | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 seems | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 seems | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 world | det |
| 14 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 seems | nsubj |
| 15 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 spins | advcl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 keep | mark |
| 17 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 seems | xcomp |
| 18 | turning | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 keep | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present | a girl | a roundabout | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on roundabout=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | stand | present | a girl not said here | then; still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | seem | present | the world | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | keep | to-infinitive | the world not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | turn | gerund | the world not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The fluid in her inner ear is still moving
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fluid | det |
| 2 | fluid | fluid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 moving | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ear | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ear | nmod:poss |
| 5 | inner | inner | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ear | amod |
| 6 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fluid | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 moving | aux |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 moving | advmod |
| 9 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present · progressive | the fluid in fluid's inner ear | still | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The ground is really turning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ground | det |
| 2 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turning | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 turning | aux |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 turning | advmod |
| 5 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · progressive | the ground | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Her eyes are still spinning round inside her head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spinning | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 spinning | aux |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 spinning | advmod |
| 5 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | round | round | ADV | _ | 5 spinning | advmod |
| 7 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spinning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin round | present · progressive | Her eyes | her head | still | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme inside head=Trajectory |
Option 4
Her blood is spinning in her heart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 blood | nmod:poss |
| 2 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spinning | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 spinning | aux |
| 4 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 heart | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heart | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spinning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | present · progressive | Her blood | her heart | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in heart=Trajectory |
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