Test 6 · ★ · Stars: what they are

If you looked at the stars from the Moon, which has no air, would they twinkle?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Moon, stars · What happens: look, have, twinkle · To what, where: air

This is test 6 · ★ 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 looked	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 stars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stars	det
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 Moon	acl:relcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 air	det
14	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 twinkle	punct
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 twinkle	aux
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 twinkle	nsubj
18	twinkle	twinkle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 air	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	past	you		from the Moon; at the stars	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme
2	have	present	the Moon	no air		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient
3	twinkle	would	stars = star	no air not said here		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent air=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.

The options

Option 1

No, you could not see any stars at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 stars	det
8	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	could	you	any stars		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, exactly the same as from the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 same	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 same	punct
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 same	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 same	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADV	_	5 same	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Earth	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 same	obl

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

Option 3

Yes, even more than from the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 more	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	even	even	ADV	_	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 more	obl

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

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

No, with no air to bend the light they would shine steadily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 air	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 air	punct
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 air	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 bend	mark
7	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 air	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bend	obj
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shine	nsubj
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 shine	aux
12	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 light	acl:relcl
13	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	12 shine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	to-infinitive		the light					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent light=Material
2	shine	would	they	the light not said here				steadily property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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