Test 1 · ★★ · Seasons and tides

my cousin reckons summer's hot cos we're closer to the sun then. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, we · What happens: reckon, be

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Seasons and tides» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 summer	case
6	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckons	xcomp
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 closer	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 closer	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 closer	cop
10	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 reckons	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 sun	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sun	det
13	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 closer	obl
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 right	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 then	punct
16	right	right	ADV	_	3 reckons	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin				summer	hot, right property	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	we					to the sun; close property	tree rules

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

Yes, but only in Britain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Britain	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Britain	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Britain	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Britain	case
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

No, summer is caused by the Moon coming closer and warming us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 caused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 caused	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 caused	aux:pass
5	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Moon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Moon	det
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caused	obl:agent
9	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 Moon	acl
10	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 coming	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 warming	cc
12	warming	warm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 coming	conj
13	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 warming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	present · passive	the Moon	summer		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Patient
2	come	gerund	the Moon not said here		close property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	warm	gerund	the Moon not said here	us		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent we=Patient

Option 3

Yes, we're much closer in July

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 closer	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 closer	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 closer	cop
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 closer	advmod
6	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 July	case
8	July	July	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 closer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	we				july	close property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's the tilt; the Earth is actually nearest in January

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 tilt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tilt	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tilt	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tilt	det
6	tilt	tilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 nearest	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 nearest	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 nearest	cop
11	actually	actually	ADV	_	12 nearest	advmod
12	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 tilt	appos
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 January	case
14	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 nearest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the tilt					tree rules
2	is	present	the Earth				january	actually, near property	tree rules

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