Test 11 · ★ · Mirrors, rainbows and the blue sky
You see a rainbow with the Sun low behind you in the evening. Which side of the sky is it in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, side · What happens: see, be in · To what, where: rainbow, sky
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 21 «Mirrors, rainbows and the blue sky» 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
Sentence 1: You see a rainbow with the Sun low behind you in the evening.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 see | nsubj |
| 2 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rainbow | det |
| 4 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 see | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 rainbow | nmod |
| 8 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 you | advmod |
| 9 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 see | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 evening | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 evening | det |
| 13 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 see | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | You | a rainbow | evening | with the Sun; behind you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rainbow=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: Which side of the sky is it in?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 side | det |
| 2 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 is | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 sky | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sky | det |
| 5 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 side | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 is | expl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 is | compound:prt |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in | present | which side of the sky | sky | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Underneath you, below the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Underneath | underneath | ADP | _ | 2 you | case |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ground | punct |
| 4 | below | below | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 you | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Straight up overhead, very high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straight | straight | ADV | _ | 3 overhead | advmod |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 overhead | case |
| 3 | overhead | overhead | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 overhead | punct |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 high | advmod |
| 6 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 overhead | advcl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The side opposite the Sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 side | det |
| 2 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | opposite | opposite | ADP | _ | 5 Sun | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Sun | det |
| 5 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 side | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The very same side as the Sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 side | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 same | advmod |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 side | amod |
| 4 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 side | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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