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title: In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top. How should… — Uranus and Neptune · tree and pragmatics
description: In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top. How should it really spin? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Uranus and Neptune

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In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top. How should it really spin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uranus, top · **What happens:** spin, stand · **To what, where:** game

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 14 «Uranus and Neptune» of the space 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/space/14-uranus-and-neptune/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:1
# text = In a game, Uranus spins standing straight up like a top.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Uranus	Uranus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | Uranus |  |  | a game |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stand** | gerund | Uranus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a top | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* How should it really spin?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:2
# text = How should it really spin?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	spin	spin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | should | top |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Upside down and spinning very fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:o1:1
# text = Upside down and spinning very fast
1	Upside	upside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exactly like the Earth, a little tilted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:o2:1
# text = Exactly like the Earth, a little tilted
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	tilted	tilt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tilt** | participle | the Earth *not said here* | a little |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Not at all, it stays perfectly still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:o3:1
# text = Not at all, it stays perfectly still
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stay** | present | it |  |  |  | still | perfectly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Tipped right over on its side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:14-uranus-and-neptune:t2:o4:1
# text = Tipped right over on its side
1	Tipped	tip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip** | participle |  |  |  | its side |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination |

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