Test 2 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces
"The dark side of the Moon is always in darkness," says a band poster. Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dark side, band poster, you · What happens: be, say, put · To what, where: darkness, side · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» 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: "The dark side of the Moon is always in darkness," says a band poster.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 darkness | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 side | det |
| 3 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 side | amod |
| 4 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 darkness | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Moon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Moon | det |
| 7 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 side | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 darkness | cop |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 11 darkness | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 darkness | case |
| 11 | darkness | darkness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 darkness | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 darkness | punct |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 poster | det |
| 16 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 poster | compound |
| 17 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the dark side of the Moon | darkness | always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a band poster | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | side | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The far side gets as much sunlight as the near side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 side | det |
| 2 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 side | amod |
| 3 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sunlight | amod |
| 7 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 side | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 side | det |
| 10 | near | near | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 side | amod |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the far side | much sunlight | as the near side | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sunlight=Stimulus as side=Attribute |
Option 2
It is right, that side never gets any sunlight at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 gets | punct |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 side | det |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 gets | advmod |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 sunlight | det |
| 10 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not get | present | that side | any sunlight | all | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme at all=Asset |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The Moon has no far side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 side | det |
| 5 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 side | amod |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the Moon | no far side | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient |
Option 4
It is lit only by the Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lit | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lit | aux:pass |
| 3 | lit | lit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 lit | advmod |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 Earth | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lit | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lit | present · passive | the Earth | It | tree rules |
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