Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wande…

so, like, was the moon shining or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: moon · What happens: shine

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 277 «Andersen, The Bottle-Neck, part 4: a lost Councillor wanders old Copenhagen and is taken for a foreigner» of the books 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 shining	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shining	punct
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 shining	mark
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 like	punct
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 shining	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 moon	det
7	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shining	nsubj
8	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 nah	cc
10	nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 shining	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 shining	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	past · progressive	the moon						vn light_emission-43.1 «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

it was foggy and dark until the moon shone out over the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 foggy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 foggy	cop
3	foggy	foggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dark	cc
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 foggy	conj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 shone	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shone	nsubj
9	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 foggy	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 shone	compound:prt
11	over	over	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	it		foggy property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	shine out	participle	the moon	the water		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location

Option 2

it stayed cloudy all evening until the moon finally broke through the mist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cloudy	cloudy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 evening	det
5	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl:unmarked
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 broke	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 moon	det
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	nsubj
9	finally	finally	ADV	_	10 broke	advmod
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stayed	advcl
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 mist	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mist	det
13	mist	mist	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	it				evening	cloudy property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	past	the moon			the mist		finally property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through mist=Location

Option 3

it was clear all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 clear	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 clear	cop
3	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clear	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past					night	clear property	tree rules

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

it was foggy until the moon shone out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 foggy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 foggy	cop
3	foggy	foggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	until	until	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 foggy	obl
7	shone	shine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 moon	acl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 shone	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it				until the moon	foggy property	tree rules
2	shine out	participle		the moon not said here					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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