Test 10 · ★ · Leaves, fruit and colour in nature

"why's the sunset red, the sun's on fire more at night or what?"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sunset, sun · What happens: be, fire

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 28 «Leaves, fruit and colour in nature» of the chemistry 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	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 red	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 red	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sunset	det
5	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	nsubj
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fire	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sun	det
9	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fire	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 sun	case
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 fire	case
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	conj
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 red	advmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 night	case
15	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 red	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 what	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 red	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 red	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the sunset				night	red property	tree rules
2	fire in a quote		the sun						nom fire «event transitive»: poss=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Moon makes the Sun look red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 makes	xcomp
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 look	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the Moon	the Sun					tree rules
2	look	infinitive	the Sun not said here					red property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Its light goes through more air and loses blue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 light	nmod:poss
2	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 loses	cc
8	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 goes	conj
9	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 loses	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	Its light	more air		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through air=Initial_Location
2	lose	present	Its light not said here		blue property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	light		Its = it			nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The sea reflects red light onto clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sea	det
2	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	nsubj
3	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 light	amod
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reflects	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 clouds	case
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reflects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	the sea	red light		clouds			tree rules

Option 4

Yes, the Sun burns hotter at night than in the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 burns	nsubj
5	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	hotter	hot	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 burns	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl
9	than	than	ADP	_	12 day	case
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	the Sun				day; night	hot property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

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