Test 1 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky
Ella in Perth says she can see Polaris every night, just like her gran in Glasgow. Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella · What happens: say, see, be · To what, where: Polaris · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 21 «The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky» 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
Sentence 1: Ella in Perth says she can see Polaris every night, just like her gran in Glasgow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Perth | case |
| 3 | Perth | Perth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ella | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | Polaris | Polaris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gran | punct |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 gran | advmod |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 gran | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 gran | nmod:poss |
| 15 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | parataxis |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Glasgow | case |
| 17 | Glasgow | Glasgow | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 gran | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ella in Perth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | can | Ella | Polaris | night | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer polaris=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.
Sentence 2: Is she right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ella | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, but only in winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 winter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 winter | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 winter | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 winter | case |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, Polaris is hidden from Australia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 hidden | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Polaris | Polaris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hidden | aux:pass |
| 5 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Australia | case |
| 7 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | Polaris | Australia | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from australia=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, Polaris is only seen in summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Polaris | Polaris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 seen | advmod |
| 6 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 summer | case |
| 8 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · passive | Polaris | summer | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, Polaris is seen from everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 seen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Polaris | Polaris | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 everywhere | case |
| 7 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 seen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present · passive | Polaris | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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