Test 12 · ★ · Gravity

my brother says there's no gravity in space, that's why astronauts float. true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, gravity, that, astronauts · What happens: say, be, float · To what, where: space · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 6 «Gravity» 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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 's	expl
5	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 gravity	det
7	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 's	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 space	case
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 's	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 why	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 why	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 why	cop
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 float	advmod
14	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 float	nsubj
15	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 float	punct
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 float	xcomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	no gravity	space; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Location
3	is	present	that		why property	tree rules
4	float	present	astronauts		true property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, gravity stops where the air ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stops	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stops	nsubj
4	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 ends	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ends	nsubj
8	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stops	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	gravity						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	present	the air						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they float because they're falling around the Earth with their ship

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 falling	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 falling	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 falling	aux
8	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 float	advcl
9	around	around	ADP	_	11 Earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Earth	det
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 ship	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 ship	nmod:poss
14	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	they						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall	present · progressive	they			the Earth		with their ship	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location

Option 3

Yes, space has no gravity at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 gravity	det
6	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 gravity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	space	no gravity		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gravity=Patient

Option 4

No, they float because their suits are filled with air to keep them up

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 filled	mark
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 suits	nmod:poss
7	suits	suit	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 filled	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 filled	aux:pass
9	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 float	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 air	case
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 filled	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 keep	mark
13	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 filled	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 keep	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 keep	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	float	present	they			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fill	present · passive		their suits	with air	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with air=Instrument
3	keep up	to-infinitive		suits = suit		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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