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Test 12 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides

mum: "tide's out, the Moon's not even up, so how's it the Moon's doing??" Best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, tide · What happens: be, do

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» 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: mum: "tide's out, the Moon's not even up, so how's it the Moon's doing??"

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjcoppunctdetnmod:posscaseadvmodadvmodconjpunctadvmodadvmodauxnsubjdetnmod:posscaseparataxispunctpunctrootmumNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTtideNOUN'sAUXoutADV,PUNCTtheDETMoonPROPN'sPARTnotPARTevenADVupADV,PUNCTsoADVhowADV'sAUXitPRONtheDETMoonPROPN'sPARTdoingVERB??PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1mummumNOUNNumber=Sing6 outnsubj
2::PUNCT_6 outpunct
3""PUNCT_6 outpunct
4tidetideNOUNNumber=Sing6 outnsubj
5'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 outcop
6outoutADV_rootroot
7,,PUNCT_13 uppunct
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 Moondet
9MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing13 upnmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 Mooncase
11notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 upadvmod
12evenevenADV_13 upadvmod
13upupADV_6 outconj
14,,PUNCT_22 doingpunct
15sosoADV_22 doingadvmod
16howhowADVPronType=Int22 doingadvmod
17'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin22 doingaux
18ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 doingnsubj
19thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 Moondet
20MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing22 doingnmod:poss
21's'sPART_20 Mooncase
22doingdoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 outparataxis
23????PUNCT_22 doingpunct
24""PUNCT_6 outpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentmumout propertytree rules
2do in a quotepresent · progressivetidevn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Best answer?

amodpunctrootBestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BestgoodADJDegree=Sup2 answeramod
2answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3??PUNCT_2 answerpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is the Sun's heat drawing water away

nsubjcopdetnmod:posscaseaclobjadvmodrootItPRONisAUXtheDETSunPROPN'sPARTheatNOUNdrawingVERBwaterNOUNawayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 heatnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 heatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 Sundet
4SunSunPROPNNumber=Sing6 heatnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Suncase
6heatheatNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7drawingdrawVERBVerbForm=Ger6 heatacl
8waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing7 drawingobj
9awayawayADV_7 drawingadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItthe Sun's heattree rules
2draw awaygerundthe Sun's heat not said herewateraway propertyvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme

Option 2

Then it must be the wind doing it

advmodnsubjauxcopdetaclobjrootThenADVitPRONmustAUXbeAUXtheDETwindNOUNdoingVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem6 windadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 windnsubj
3mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin6 windaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 windcop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 winddet
6windwindNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7doingdoVERBVerbForm=Ger6 windacl
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 doingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is amustitthe windthentree rules
2dogerundthe wind not said herewindvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Tides stop when the Moon has set

nsubjadvmoddetnsubj:passauxadvclrootTidesNOUNstopVERBwhenADVtheDETMoonPROPNhasAUXsetVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TidestideNOUNNumber=Plur2 stopnsubj
2stopstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3whenwhenADVPronType=Int7 setadvmod
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 Moondet
5MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing7 setnsubj:pass
6hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 setaux
7setsetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 stopadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stoppresentTidesvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2setpresent · perfect · passivethe Moonvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Moon's pull works all the time, whether or not you can see it

The tree, 15 words
detnmod:posscasensubjdet:predetdetobjpunctmarkfixedfixednsubjauxparataxisobjrootTheDETMoonPROPN'sPARTpullNOUNworksVERBallDETtheDETtimeNOUN,PUNCTwhetherSCONJorCCONJnotPARTyouPRONcanAUXseeVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Moondet
2MoonMoonPROPNNumber=Sing4 pullnmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 Mooncase
4pullpullNOUNNumber=Sing5 worksnsubj
5worksworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6allallDETPronType=Tot8 timedet:predet
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 timedet
8timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 worksobj
9,,PUNCT_15 seepunct
10whetherwhetherSCONJExtPos=SCONJ15 seemark
11ororCCONJ_10 whetherfixed
12notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 whetherfixed
13youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs15 seensubj
14cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin15 seeaux
15seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf5 worksparataxis
16ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 seeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1workpresentthe Moon's pulltimevn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2seecanyoupullvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3pullthe Moonnom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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