Test 4 · Constellations and the night sky in winter and spring

Why can't you see Orion on a summer evening, but you can on a winter one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not see · To what, where: Orion

This is test 4 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 see	advmod
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Orion	Orion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 see	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 evening	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 evening	det
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 evening	compound
10	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 can	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 can	cc
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 can	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl
15	on	on	ADP	_	18 one	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 one	det
17	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 one	compound
18	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 can	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	you	Orion			evening		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer orion=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

In summer we face the other way at night, and Orion is in the daytime sky

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 summer	case
2	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 face	obl
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 face	nsubj
4	face	face	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 face	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 face	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sky	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sky	cc
12	Orion	Orion	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 sky	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sky	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 sky	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sky	det
16	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sky	compound
17	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 face	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	face	present	we	the other way			night; summer		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Destination
2	is	present	Orion			the daytime sky			tree rules

Option 2

Orion only shines when the night air is cold, so in warm summer it fades out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orion	Orion	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shines	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 shines	advmod
3	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 cold	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 air	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 air	compound
7	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cold	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cold	cop
9	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shines	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fades	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 fades	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 summer	case
13	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 summer	amod
14	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fades	obl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fades	nsubj
16	fades	fade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shines	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 fades	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	shine	present	Orion			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	is	present	the night air		cold property	tree rules
3	fade out	present	air	summer		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Orion moves to another galaxy in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Orion	Orion	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moves	nsubj
2	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 galaxy	case
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 galaxy	det
5	galaxy	galaxy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moves	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 summer	case
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Orion			another galaxy	summer		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to galaxy=Trajectory

Option 4

Summer clouds always hide it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 clouds	compound
2	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 hide	advmod
4	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Summer clouds	it				always property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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