Test 8 · ★ · Gravity
An astronaut floats inside the space station. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: astronaut · What happens: float, be · To what, where: space station
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: An astronaut floats inside the space station.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 astronaut | det |
| 2 | astronaut | astronaut | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 floats | nsubj |
| 3 | floats | float | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 station | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 station | det |
| 6 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 station | compound |
| 7 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 floats | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 floats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | float | present | a astronaut | the space station | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside station=Trajectory |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
There is no gravity where she is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 gravity | det |
| 4 | gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 is | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 is | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gravity | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no gravity | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | gravity | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
She has become weightless because she is so high above the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 become | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 become | aux |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | weightless | weightless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 become | xcomp |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 high | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 high | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 high | cop |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 high | advmod |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 become | advcl |
| 10 | above | above | ADP | _ | 12 ground | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ground | det |
| 12 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 high | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · perfect | She | weightless property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | the ground | high property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Gravity still pulls her, but she is falling around the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravity | gravity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pulls | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 pulls | advmod |
| 3 | pulls | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pulls | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 falling | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 falling | cc |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 falling | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 falling | aux |
| 9 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 pulls | advcl |
| 10 | around | around | ADP | _ | 12 Earth | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Earth | det |
| 12 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 falling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | present | Gravity | her = she | still | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result | |||
| 2 | fall | present · progressive | Gravity | the Earth | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location |
Option 4
The station is held up by air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 station | det |
| 2 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 held | aux:pass |
| 4 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 held | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 held | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold up | present · passive | air | the station | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |
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