Test 1 · Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great…

my teacher said u can see the great wall from the moon. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, u · What happens: say, see · To what, where: great wall, moon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 9 «Ancient China: dynasties, the First Emperor and the Great Wall» of the history 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wall	amod
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 moon	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 moon	det
12	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	can	u	the great wall		the moon			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wall=Stimulus

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

Yes, but only in winter when it snows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 winter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 winter	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 snows	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 snows	nsubj
9	snows	snow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 winter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snow	present	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 2

No, because the Moon is always covered in clouds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 covered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 covered	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 covered	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 covered	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 covered	aux:pass
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 covered	advmod
8	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 clouds	case
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 covered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		the Moon				in clouds; always property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in cloud=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it is so long that it glows at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 long	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 long	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 long	advmod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 glows	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 glows	nsubj
9	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 long	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					long property	tree rules
2	glow	present	it				night		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is far too narrow to see with your eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 narrow	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 narrow	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 narrow	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 narrow	advmod
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 narrow	advmod
7	narrow	narrow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 narrow	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 eyes	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 eyes	nmod:poss
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					far, narrow property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive						with your eyes	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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