Test 9 · Light and shadows

Which is true about light and shadow?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be

This is test 9 of lesson 20 «Light and shadows» of the physics 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 light	case
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 shadow	cc
7	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 light	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about light and shadow; true property	tree rules

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

A shadow can bend round corners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shadow	det
2	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bend	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bend	aux
4	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 corners	amod
6	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	can	a shadow	round corners					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent corner=Material

Option 2

Shadows are made of dark gas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 gas	case
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gas	amod
6	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Shadows				of dark gas	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A shadow has the outline of the thing that blocks the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shadow	det
2	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outline	det
5	outline	outline	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 thing	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outline	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 blocks	nsubj
10	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 light	det
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a shadow	the outline of the thing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outline=Patient
2	block	present	the thing	the light					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer light=Theme

Option 4

Shadows are thicker on sunny days at noon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thicker	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thicker	cop
3	thicker	thick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	sunny	sunny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 days	amod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thicker	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 noon	case
8	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thicker	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shadows				day; noon	thick property	tree rules

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