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Test 4 · ★★ · Rockets, satellites and astronauts

An astronaut on the space station says she saw the Sun rise many times today. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: astronaut, Sun · What happens: say, see, rise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: An astronaut on the space station says she saw the Sun rise many times today.

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	7 says	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 station	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 station	det
5	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 station	compound
6	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 astronaut	nmod
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 says	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 rise	nsubj
12	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 saw	ccomp
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 times	amod
14	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rise	obl:unmarked
15	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rise	obl:unmarked
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a astronaut on the space station						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	past	astronaut						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	rise	present	the Sun				time; today		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

She was looking at different stars

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 looking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 stars	case
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stars	amod
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	She					at different stars	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The station goes around the Earth every 90 minutes

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	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 minutes	det
8	90	90	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 minutes	nummod
9	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 goes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the station			the Earth	minute		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme around earth=Initial_Location

Option 3

The Sun moves faster near space

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moves	nsubj
3	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 moves	advmod
5	near	near	ADP	_	6 space	case
6	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the Sun			space		fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme near space=Trajectory

Option 4

Clouds kept hiding and then showing the Sun again and again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 kept	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 showing	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 showing	advmod
6	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 hiding	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 showing	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 showing	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 again	cc
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 again	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	Clouds						tree rules
2	hide	gerund	Clouds not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	show	gerund	Clouds not said here		the Sun		then; again		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sun=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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