Test 1 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

My mate in Manchester says he can only see the Plough at Christmas. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, see · To what, where: Plough, Christmas · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 20 «Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring» 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	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 mate	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Plough	det
11	Plough	Plough	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 Christmas	case
13	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	My mate in Manchester						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	can	mate	the Plough		Christmas			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plough=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, from Britain it never sets, so any clear night will do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Britain	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Britain	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Britain	case
4	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 sets	obl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sets	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 sets	advmod
7	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 do	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	14 do	advmod
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 night	det
11	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 night	amod
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 do	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 do	aux
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sets	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not set	present	it			Britain			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	do	future	any clear night						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, it is a winter-only pattern that hides all summer long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 pattern	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pattern	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 pattern	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pattern	det
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pattern	nsubj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 pattern	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 pattern	advmod
9	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hides	nsubj
11	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 pattern	acl:relcl
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 summer	det
13	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hides	obj
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 hides	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a pattern					tree rules
2	hide	present	a pattern				summer	long property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

No, it can only ever be seen from Australia and New Zealand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 seen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj:pass
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 seen	advmod
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 seen	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 seen	aux:pass
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 Australia	case
10	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Zealand	cc
12	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Zealand	flat
13	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Australia	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can · passive		it		Australia and New Zealand	ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, it only rises over Britain in the weeks around Christmas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 rises	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rises	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 rises	advmod
5	rises	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 Britain	case
7	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rises	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 weeks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 weeks	det
10	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rises	obl
11	around	around	ADP	_	12 Christmas	case
12	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 weeks	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	it			Britain	week		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over britain=Location

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