Test 1 · The Moon

my sister says the dark side of the Moon is always pitch black. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, dark side · What happens: say, be · To what, where: pitch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 6 «The Moon» 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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 side	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pitch	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 pitch	cop
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 pitch	advmod
12	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
13	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pitch	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 pitch	punct
15	right	right	ADV	_	3 says	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the dark side of the Moon	pitch				always property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, the Sun never shines on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 shines	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shines	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 shines	advmod
6	shines	shine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shines	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shine	present	the Sun			it			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Location

Option 2

Yes, that is why it is called the dark side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 why	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 why	cop
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 called	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 why	advcl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 side	det
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 side	amod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	call	present · passive		it					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

No, it glows with its own light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 glows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 glows	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glows	nsubj
4	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 light	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 light	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	present	it					with its own light	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with light=Theme
2	light		its = it						nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, the far side gets sunlight too; we just never see it from here

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
4	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	amod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	nsubj
6	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gets	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	6 gets	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 see	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gets	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 here	case
16	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the far side	sunlight					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunlight=Stimulus
2	not see	infinitive	we	sunlight					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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