Test 12 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

Leo says satellites stay up cos there's no gravity up there. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, satellites, gravity · What happens: say, stay up, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 71 «Rockets, satellites and astronauts» 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stay	compound:prt
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 's	mark
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 's	expl
8	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	advcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 gravity	det
10	gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 's	nsubj
11	up	up	ADV	_	12 there	advmod
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 's	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stay	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay up	present	satellites		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	be	present	no gravity	there; there	vn exist-47.1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, gravity stops a little way above the clouds

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stops	obj
8	above	above	ADP	_	10 clouds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clouds	det
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 way	nmod

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

Option 2

Yes, but only above the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 Moon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 Moon	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 Moon	advmod
5	above	above	ADP	_	7 Moon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Moon	det
7	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

No, satellites stay up because they hang from strong cables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stay	punct
3	satellites	satellite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stay	nsubj
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stay	compound:prt
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 hang	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hang	nsubj
8	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 cables	case
10	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cables	amod
11	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay up	present	satellites						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hang	present	satellites = satellite			strong cables			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, a satellite is falling around the Earth while moving sideways fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 falling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 satellite	det
4	satellite	satellite	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 falling	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 falling	aux
6	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	around	around	ADP	_	9 Earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 falling	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 moving	mark
11	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 falling	advcl
12	sideways	sideways	ADV	_	11 moving	advmod
13	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 moving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · progressive	a satellite			the Earth			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme around earth=Location
2	move	gerund	a satellite not said here					fast, sideways property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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