Test 4 · ★ · Stars: what they are

Why can you see far more stars in the countryside than in the city?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: see · To what, where: more stars, countryside

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 see	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 more	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 stars	amod
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 see	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 countryside	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 countryside	det
10	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
11	than	than	ADP	_	14 city	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 city	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 city	det
14	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	you	more stars		the countryside		than the city	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus

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

There really are more stars above the countryside than towns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 are	expl
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 are	advmod
3	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 stars	amod
5	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 are	nsubj
6	above	above	ADP	_	8 countryside	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 countryside	det
8	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 are	obl
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 towns	case
10	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 countryside	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	more stars			the countryside than towns; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme above countryside=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Town lights make the sky too bright to see faint stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lights	compound
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sky	det
5	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 bright	advmod
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 make	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 bright	advcl
10	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stars	amod
11	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Town lights	the sky				bright property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sky=Product
2	see	to-infinitive	Town lights not said here	faint stars					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus

Option 3

City air has no stars in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 air	compound
2	air	air	NOUN	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	5 stars	det
5	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stars	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	City air	no stars		it			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient

Option 4

Stars avoid shining on cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 avoid	nsubj
2	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 avoid	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 cities	case
5	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	present	Stars						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	shine	gerund	Stars not said here			cities			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on city=Location

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