Test 7 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces
Leo wants to watch a solar eclipse with sunglasses. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo · What happens: want, watch, do · To what, where: solar eclipse
This is test 7 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: Leo wants to watch a solar eclipse with sunglasses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 watch | mark |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 eclipse | det |
| 6 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eclipse | amod |
| 7 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sunglasses | case |
| 9 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 watch | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Leo | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | Leo not said here | a solar eclipse | with sunglasses | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=Theme |
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: What should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Leo | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sunglasses are fine if he squints and only looks for a minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 squints | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 squints | nsubj |
| 6 | squints | squint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 looks | cc |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 looks | advmod |
| 9 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 minute | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 minute | det |
| 12 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sunglasses | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | squint a condition, not said to happen | present | he | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | look | present | Sunglasses not said here | minute | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Look through binoculars instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 3 binoculars | case |
| 3 | binoculars | binocular | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Look | obl |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | through binoculars; instead property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through binocular=Theme |
Option 3
Look quickly, a few seconds is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Look | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 safe | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 seconds | det |
| 5 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 seconds | amod |
| 6 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Look | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | quickly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a few seconds | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Use special eclipse glasses only; sunglasses are not safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 glasses | amod |
| 3 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 glasses | compound |
| 4 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Use | obj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Use | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 safe | punct |
| 7 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 safe | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 safe | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 safe | advmod |
| 10 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Use | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | special eclipse glasses | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is | present | sunglasses | safe property | tree rules |
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