Test 4 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky
A friend makes a wish on a shooting star. What did she really see?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: make, see · To what, where: wish, shooting star
This is test 4 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» 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 friend makes a wish on a shooting star.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 wish | det |
| 5 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 star | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 star | det |
| 8 | shooting | shooting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 star | compound |
| 9 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a friend | a wish | a shooting star | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Product |
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: What did she really see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 see | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | friend | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A tiny piece of space rock burning up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 piece | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 piece | amod |
| 3 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 rock | case |
| 5 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rock | compound |
| 6 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 piece | nmod |
| 7 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 rock | acl |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 burning | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn up | gerund | space rock not said here | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A star falling all the way to the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 star | det |
| 2 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 star | acl |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 way | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falling | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Earth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Earth | det |
| 9 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 falling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | gerund | a star not said here | all way | to the Earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to earth=Pivot |
Option 3
The reflected light of a far-away planet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 light | det |
| 2 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 light | amod |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 planet | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 planet | det |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 away | advmod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 far | punct |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 planet | advmod |
| 9 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 light | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reflect | participle | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | light | a planet | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
A brand new star being born in the sky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 star | det |
| 2 | brand | brand | ADV | _ | 3 new | advmod |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 star | amod |
| 4 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sky | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sky | det |
| 9 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | gerund · passive | a new star | the sky | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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