Test 5 · The Sun, our star
Lily wants to look at sunspots through Dad's binoculars. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily · What happens: want, look, do
This is test 5 of lesson 1 «The Sun, our star» of the space 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: Lily wants to look at sunspots through Dad's binoculars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | 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 look | mark |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sunspots | case |
| 6 | sunspots | sunspot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 look | obl |
| 7 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 binoculars | case |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 binoculars | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Dad | case |
| 10 | binoculars | binocular | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 look | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Lily | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lily not said here | through Dad's binoculars; at sunspots | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sunspot=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 she 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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | Lily | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Do it, but only for a few seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 seconds | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 seconds | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 seconds | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 seconds | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 seconds | det |
| 8 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 seconds | amod |
| 9 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | second | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
Do it with sunglasses on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 sunglasses | case |
| 4 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Do | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | with sunglasses | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not do it; look only with proper solar filters or projection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 do | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 do | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 look | punct |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 do | conj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 filters | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 filters | case |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 filters | amod |
| 9 | solar | solar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 filters | amod |
| 10 | filters | filter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 look | obl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 projection | cc |
| 12 | projection | projection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 filters | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | with proper solar filters or projection | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Do it at midday, when the Sun is clearest and the spots are biggest
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 midday | case |
| 4 | midday | midday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 clearest | punct |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 clearest | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Sun | det |
| 8 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 clearest | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 clearest | cop |
| 10 | clearest | clear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 1 Do | parataxis |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 biggest | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 spots | det |
| 13 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 biggest | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 biggest | cop |
| 15 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 clearest | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | midday | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | is | present | the Sun | clear property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the spots | big property | tree rules |
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