Test 8 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars
Phoebe reads her horoscope every morning. What's a wise view?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Phoebe, wise view · What happens: read, be · To what, where: horoscope
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Phoebe reads her horoscope every morning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoebe | Phoebe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reads | nsubj |
| 2 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 horoscope | nmod:poss |
| 4 | horoscope | horoscope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reads | obj |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reads | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Phoebe | Phoebe's horoscope | morning | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horoscope=Topic |
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's a wise view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a wise view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's fine to enjoy it, but it isn't science
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 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 enjoy | mark |
| 5 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fine | csubj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 enjoy | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 science | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 science | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 science | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 science | cop |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 science | advmod |
| 12 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | enjoy | to-infinitive | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | not is a | present | it | science | tree rules |
Option 2
Astronomers write horoscopes, so they must be right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astronomers | astronomer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 write | nsubj |
| 2 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | horoscopes | horoscope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 write | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 right | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 right | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 right | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 right | cop |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 write | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | Astronomers | horoscopes | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horoscope=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | must | Astronomers = astronomer | right property | tree rules |
Option 3
She should be banned from reading it every morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 banned | aux:pass |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 reading | mark |
| 6 | reading | read | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 banned | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 reading | obj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 morning | det |
| 9 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reading | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | should · passive | She | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | read | gerund | it | morning | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4
Horoscopes are astronomy, so they're always true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Horoscopes | horoscope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 astronomy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 astronomy | cop |
| 3 | astronomy | astronomy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 true | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 true | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 true | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 true | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 true | advmod |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 astronomy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Horoscopes | astronomy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Horoscopes = horoscope | always, true property | tree rules |
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