Test 9 · ★ · Stars: what they are

what makes the sun shine, is it like a massive bonfire

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: make, be · To what, where: sun shine, shine

This is test 9 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shine	det
4	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	compound
5	shine	shine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 it	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 it	cop
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	conj
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 bonfire	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bonfire	det
11	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bonfire	amod
12	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		the sun shine				like a massive bonfire	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material shine=Product
2	is a	present		shine					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, it burns coal and wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	coal	coal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wood	cc
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	it	coal and wood					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coal=Theme

Option 2

Yes, it burns oxygen like a candle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 burns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 burns	nsubj
4	burns	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	oxygen	oxygen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 candle	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 candle	det
8	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 burns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	present	it	oxygen				like a candle	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent oxygen=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, hydrogen is squeezed into helium in its core

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 squeezed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	hydrogen	hydrogen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 squeezed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 squeezed	aux:pass
5	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 helium	case
7	helium	helium	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 squeezed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 core	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 core	nmod:poss
10	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 squeezed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	present · passive		hydrogen		helium		in hydrogen's core	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into helium=Product

Option 4

No, it reflects the light that comes from other stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 reflects	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reflects	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reflects	nsubj
4	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 comes	nsubj
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 light	acl:relcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 stars	case
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stars	amod
11	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	it	the light					tree rules
2	come	present	the light			other stars			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from star=Initial_Location

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