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Test 9 · The night sky in summer and autumn, and the southern sky

Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack, constellations · What happens: reckon, be · To what, where: culture, same pictures

This is test 9 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: Jack reckons constellations are the same pictures in every culture.

nsubjnsubjcopdetamodparataxiscasedetoblpunctrootJackPROPNreckonsVERBconstellationsNOUNareAUXtheDETsameADJpicturesNOUNinADPeveryDETcultureNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JackJackPROPNNumber=Sing2 reckonsnsubj
2reckonsreckonVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3constellationsconstellationNOUNNumber=Plur7 picturesnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 picturescop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 picturesdet
6samesameADJDegree=Pos7 picturesamod
7picturespictureNOUNNumber=Plur2 reckonsparataxis
8ininADP_10 culturecase
9everyeveryDETPronType=Tot10 culturedet
10culturecultureNOUNNumber=Sing2 reckonsobl
11..PUNCT_2 reckonspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reckonpresentJackevery culturevn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentconstellationsthe same picturestree 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.

Sentence 2: Is he right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXhePRONrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentJackright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

No, only Australians name constellations

discoursepunctadvmodnsubjobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCTonlyADVAustraliansPROPNnameVERBconstellationsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 namediscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 namepunct
3onlyonlyADV_5 nameadvmod
4AustraliansAustralianPROPNNumber=Plur5 namensubj
5namenameVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6constellationsconstellationNOUNNumber=Plur5 nameobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1namepresentAustraliansconstellationsvn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent constellation=Theme

Option 2

Yes, everyone has always used the same 88 Greek pictures in the sky

discoursepunctnsubj:passauxadvmoddetamodnummodamodobjcasedetnmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTeveryonePRONhasAUXalwaysADVusedVERBtheDETsameADJ88NUMGreekADJpicturesNOUNinADPtheDETskyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 useddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot6 usednsubj:pass
4hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 usedaux
5alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot6 usedadvmod
6useduseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 picturesdet
8samesameADJDegree=Pos11 picturesamod
98888NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card11 picturesnummod
10GreekGreekADJDegree=Pos11 picturesamod
11picturespictureNOUNNumber=Plur6 usedobj
12ininADP_14 skycase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 skydet
14skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing11 picturesnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepresent · perfect · passiveeveryonealways propertytree rules

Option 3

Yes, the stars form only one possible shape

discoursepunctdetnsubjadvmodnummodamodobjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheDETstarsNOUNformVERBonlyADVoneNUMpossibleADJshapeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos5 formdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 starsdet
4starsstarNOUNNumber=Plur5 formnsubj
5formformVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6onlyonlyADV_7 oneadvmod
7oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 shapenummod
8possiblepossibleADJDegree=Pos9 shapeamod
9shapeshapeNOUNNumber=Sing5 formobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1formpresentthe starsone possible shapevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shape=Theme

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

No, peoples see different pictures, like the Emu in the Sky

discoursepunctnsubjamodobjpunctcasedetnmodcasedetnmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTpeoplesNOUNseeVERBdifferentADJpicturesNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPtheDETEmuPROPNinADPtheDETSkyPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 seediscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 seepunct
3peoplespeopleNOUNNumber=Plur4 seensubj
4seeseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5differentdifferentADJDegree=Pos6 picturesamod
6picturespictureNOUNNumber=Plur4 seeobj
7,,PUNCT_10 Emupunct
8likelikeADP_10 Emucase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Emudet
10EmuEmuPROPNNumber=Sing6 picturesnmod
11ininADP_13 Skycase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 Skydet
13SkySkyPROPNNumber=Sing10 Emunmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepresentpeoplesdifferent pictureslike the Emu in the Skyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer picture=Stimulus

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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