Test 9 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars

At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small. How could you test it tonight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Moon, you · What happens: look, test · To what, where: Moon

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 horizon	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 horizon	det
3	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 high	punct
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	12 looks	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looks	nsubj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 high	advcl
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 looks	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	the Moon					at the horizon; high, huge property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horizon=Theme
2	look	present	Moon					small property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: How could you test it tonight?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 test	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 test	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 test	nsubj
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 test	obj
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	obl:unmarked
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 test	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	could	you	Moon			tonight		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Measure it with a ruler held on the window glass each night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Measure	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 ruler	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ruler	det
5	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obl
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ruler	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 glass	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 glass	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 glass	compound
10	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obl
11	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Measure	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	measure	imperative	you not said here	it			night	with a ruler	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value
2	hold	participle		a ruler not said here		the window glass			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on glass=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Compare it with a coin held at arm's length, low and high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compare	compare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Compare	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 coin	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 coin	det
5	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Compare	obl
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 coin	acl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 length	case
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 length	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 arm	case
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 low	punct
12	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 length	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 high	cc
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 low	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	imperative	you not said here	it				with a coin	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with coin=Co-Patient
2	hold	participle		a coin not said here		arm's length			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location

Option 3

Ask the Moon to stay still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Moon	det
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	still	still	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the Moon				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent moon=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Take a photo of only the low Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 photo	det
3	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 Moon	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Moon	amod
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a photo				of the low Moon	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent photo=Theme of moon=Initial_Location

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