Test 4 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars
In a dark room, you shine a lamp at a ball and walk around it. What do you see?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: shine, walk, see · To what, where: lamp, dark room, ball
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» of the myths 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: In a dark room, you shine a lamp at a ball and walk around it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 room | det |
| 3 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 room | amod |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shine | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 room | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 shine | nsubj |
| 7 | shine | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lamp | det |
| 9 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shine | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 ball | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 ball | det |
| 12 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shine | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 walk | cc |
| 14 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 shine | conj |
| 15 | around | around | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 walk | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 shine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | present | you | a lamp | a dark room | at a ball | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme | ||
| 2 | walk | infinitive | you not said here | ball | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around it=Trajectory |
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 do you see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 see | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 see | nsubj |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The ball changes size
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | the ball | size | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The ball is lit only on the lamp's side, like Moon phases
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lit | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lit | aux:pass |
| 4 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 side | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 side | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lamp | det |
| 8 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 side | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 lamp | case |
| 10 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lit | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 phases | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 phases | case |
| 13 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 phases | compound |
| 14 | phases | phase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lit | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lit | present · passive | the ball | the lamp's side | tree rules |
Option 3
The ball goes dark when you look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | xcomp |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 look | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 look | nsubj |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | the ball | dark property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | present | you | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
The ball glows all over by itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ball | det |
| 2 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glows | nsubj |
| 3 | glows | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 over | advmod |
| 5 | over | over | ADV | _ | 3 glows | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 itself | case |
| 7 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 glows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | the ball | by ball; over property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |
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