Test 2 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

"bruh it's cold cos we're further from the sun, obviously" What do you say?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, we, you · What happens: be, say · To what, where: sun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 cold	punct
2	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	5 cold	discourse
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cold	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 further	mark
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 further	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 further	cop
9	further	further	ADV	_	5 cold	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 sun	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 further	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
14	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	19 say	advmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 say	obj
17	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 say	aux
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 say	nsubj
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 cold	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	it		cold property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	we	the sun	further property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present · do-support	you		obviously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, the Earth goes far away every winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Earth	det
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 winter	det
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the Earth				winter	away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Actually we're nearest the Sun in January; it's the slant of the light

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Actually	actually	ADV	_	6 Sun	advmod
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 Sun	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Sun	cop
4	nearest	nearest	ADP	_	6 Sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Sun	det
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 January	case
8	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Sun	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 slant	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 slant	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 slant	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 slant	det
13	slant	slant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Sun	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 light	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 light	det
16	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slant	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	we				january	nearest the Sun and the slant; actually property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	the slant				of the light	tree rules

Option 3

No, it's cold because the Moon blocks the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 cold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cold	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	cop
5	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 blocks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 blocks	nsubj
9	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cold	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					cold property	tree rules
2	block	present	the Moon	the Sun					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sun=Theme

Option 4

Yes, and in summer we touch the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 touch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 touch	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 touch	cc
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 summer	case
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touch	obl
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 touch	nsubj
7	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	present	we	the Sun			summer		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Co-Theme

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