Test 1 · ★★ · Snow, ice and strong sun

A girl in Sydney wants to play cricket outside at 1 p.m. in summer. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, play, be · To what, where: cricket, 1 p.m.

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 234 «Snow, ice and strong sun» of the everyday 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: A girl in Sydney wants to play cricket outside at 1 p.m. in summer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obj
9	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 play	advmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 p.m.	case
11	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 p.m.	nummod
12	p.m.	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 summer	case
14	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a girl in Sydney						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl in Sydney not said here	cricket		1 p.m.	summer	outside property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cricket=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.

Sentence 2: What is wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Play in the shade or later, as the UV is strongest at midday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 shade	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shade	det
4	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Play	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 later	cc
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Play	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 strongest	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 strongest	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 UV	det
10	UV	ultra-violet	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	12 strongest	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 strongest	cop
12	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Play	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 midday	case
14	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 strongest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here			the shade		late property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the UV			midday		strong property	tree rules

Option 2

Shade does not matter if she is not feeling too hot while she plays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 feeling	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feeling	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 feeling	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 feeling	advmod
9	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 matter	advcl
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 hot	advmod
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feeling	xcomp
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 plays	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 plays	nsubj
14	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 feeling	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	Shade		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	not feel a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	Shade	hot property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	play	present	Shade		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Play then, because the sun is at its weakest at midday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Play	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 weakest	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 weakest	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weakest	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 weakest	cop
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 weakest	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 weakest	nmod:poss
10	weakest	weak	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Play	parataxis
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 midday	case
12	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weakest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	imperative	you not said here				then		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the sun			midday		weak property	tree rules

Option 4

The sun in Australia is weaker than in Europe, so play

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	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weaker	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Australia	case
4	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sun	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 weaker	cop
6	weaker	weak	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 Europe	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Europe	case
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 weaker	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 play	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 play	advmod
12	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 weaker	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the sun in Australia					than Europe; weak property	tree rules

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