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Test 10 · The Moon

Tom says the Moon is a light, like a giant lamp. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, Moon, truth · What happens: say, be · To what, where: light · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 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

Sentence 1: Tom says the Moon is a light, like a giant lamp.

nsubjdetnsubjcopdetccomppunctcasedetamodconjpunctrootTomPROPNsaysVERBtheDETMoonPROPNisAUXaDETlightNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPaDETgiantADJlampNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Moondet
4MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing7 lightnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 lightcop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 lightdet
7lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing2 saysccomp
8,,PUNCT_12 lamppunct
9likelikeADP_12 lampcase
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 lampdet
11giantgiantADJDegree=Pos12 lampamod
12lamplampNOUNNumber=Sing7 lightconj
13..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentTomvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is apresentthe Moona light and a giant lamptree 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: What is the truth?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETtruthNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 truthdet
4truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe truthtree rules

The options

Option 1

It is lit by the stars behind it

nsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblcaseobl:agentrootItPRONisAUXlitVERBbyADPtheDETstarsNOUNbehindADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 litnsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 litaux:pass
3litlitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4bybyADP_6 starscase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 starsdet
6starsstarNOUNNumber=Plur3 litobl
7behindbehindADP_8 itcase
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 litobl:agent
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1litpresent · passiveitItby the starstree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It reflects sunlight; it makes no light of its own

nsubjobjpunctnsubjconjdetobjcasenmod:possnmodrootItPRONreflectsVERBsunlightNOUN;PUNCTitPRONmakesVERBnoDETlightNOUNofADPitsPRONownADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 reflectsnsubj
2reflectsreflectVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sunlightsunlightNOUNNumber=Sing2 reflectsobj
4;;PUNCT_6 makespunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 makesnsubj
6makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 reflectsconj
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 lightdet
8lightlightNOUNNumber=Sing6 makesobj
9ofofADP_11 owncase
10itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 ownnmod:poss
11ownownADJDegree=Pos8 lightnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reflectpresentItsunlighttree rules
2makepresentsunlightno light of sunlight's ownvn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material light=Product

Option 3

It glows from its hot volcanoes

nsubjcasenmod:possamodoblrootItPRONglowsVERBfromADPitsPRONhotADJvolcanoesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 glowsnsubj
2glowsglowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_6 volcanoescase
4itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 volcanoesnmod:poss
5hothotADJDegree=Pos6 volcanoesamod
6volcanoesvolcanoNOUNNumber=Plur2 glowsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1glowpresentItits hot volcanoesvn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He is right, it burns like a giant candle up in the sky

nsubjcoppunctnsubjadvclcasedetamodoblcompound:prtcasedetoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTitPRONburnsVERBlikeADPaDETgiantADJcandleNOUNupADPinADPtheDETskyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 burnspunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 burnsnsubj
6burnsburnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightadvcl
7likelikeADP_10 candlecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 candledet
9giantgiantADJDegree=Pos10 candleamod
10candlecandleNOUNNumber=Sing6 burnsobl
11upupADP_6 burnscompound:prt
12ininADP_14 skycase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 skydet
14skyskyNOUNNumber=Sing6 burnsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2burn uppresentitthe skylike a giant candlevn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location

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