Exam question 1 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces

Identify the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun across the sky from east to west.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Sun · What happens: identify, cause, pass · To what, where: cause, sky, apparent passage

This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cause	det
3	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 passage	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 passage	det
6	apparent	apparent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 passage	amod
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cause	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 passage	nmod
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 sky	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sky	det
13	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 east	case
15	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 west	case
17	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun	the sky	from east; to west	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme to west=be'
2	cause			the apparent passage of the Sun			nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient
3	pass		the Sun				nom passage «act intransitive»: of=agent

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

The pull of the Moon upon the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pull	det
2	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Moon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pull	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pull	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull			the Moon				upon the Sun	nom pull «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl

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

The rotation of the Earth towards the east

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rotation	det
2	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Earth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rotation	nmod
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 east	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 east	det
8	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rotation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rotate		the Earth					towards the east	nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent towards=obl

Option 3

The motion of the clouds from east to west

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 motion	det
2	motion	motion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 clouds	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 clouds	det
5	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 motion	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 east	case
7	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clouds	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 west	case
9	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 east	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	motion		the clouds from east to west						nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The revolution of the Sun about the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 revolution	det
2	revolution	revolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Sun	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Sun	det
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 revolution	nmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 revolution	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	revolt		the Sun					about the Earth	nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent about=obl

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