Test 9 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces
The Moon is full tonight and looks orange-red at one point during an eclipse. What is shining on it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Moon · What happens: be, look, shine · To what, where: eclipse
This is test 9 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 Moon is full tonight and looks orange-red at one point during an eclipse.
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 | 4 full | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | cop |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 looks | cc |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 full | conj |
| 8 | orange | orange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 red | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 orange | punct |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 looks | xcomp |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 point | case |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 point | nummod |
| 13 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looks | obl |
| 14 | during | during | ADP | _ | 16 eclipse | case |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 eclipse | det |
| 16 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looks | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 full | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Moon | tonight | full property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | look | present | the Moon not said here | during a eclipse | at one point; red property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at point=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 is shining on it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 shining | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shining | aux |
| 3 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 shining | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shining | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shine | present · progressive | eclipse | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Sunlight bent through the Earth's air, like sunsets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Sunlight | acl |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 air | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Earth | det |
| 5 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 air | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Earth | case |
| 7 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bent | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sunsets | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 sunsets | case |
| 10 | sunsets | sunset | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Sunlight | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bend | participle | Sunlight and sunsets not said here | the Earth's air | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through air=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Reddish light reflected onto it from the planet Mars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reddish | reddish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 light | amod |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reflected | nsubj |
| 3 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reflected | obl |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Mars | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mars | det |
| 8 | planet | planet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Mars | compound |
| 9 | Mars | Mars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 reflected | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reflect | past | Reddish light | it | from the planet Mars | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Light from all the big cities on the night side of Earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 cities | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 cities | det:predet |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cities | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cities | amod |
| 6 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Light | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 side | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 side | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 side | compound |
| 10 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cities | nmod |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Earth | case |
| 12 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 side | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Red lava glowing from old volcanoes on the Moon's surface
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 lava | amod |
| 2 | lava | lava | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lava | acl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 volcanoes | case |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 volcanoes | amod |
| 6 | volcanoes | volcano | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glowing | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 surface | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Moon | det |
| 9 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 surface | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Moon | case |
| 11 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glowing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | gerund | Red lava not said here | old volcanoes | on the Moon's surface | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on surface=Location |
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