Test 4 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides
Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses. What should you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Harry, you · What happens: plan, watch, tell · To what, where: eclipse, Harry · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 plans | nsubj |
| 2 | plans | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 watch | mark |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 plans | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eclipse | det |
| 6 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 sunglasses | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sunglasses | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 mum | case |
| 11 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sunglasses | amod |
| 12 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 watch | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 plans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | Harry | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | Harry not said here | the eclipse | with Harry's mum's dark sunglasses | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=Theme |
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 should you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | you | Harry | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sunglasses are fine for a partial eclipse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 eclipse | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 eclipse | det |
| 6 | partial | partial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 eclipse | amod |
| 7 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sunglasses | for a partial eclipse; fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Fine, if he looks only for a minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 looks | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 looks | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 minute | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 minute | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 minute | det |
| 9 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Fine | minute | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Not to: only proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector are safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | ExtPos=CCONJ Polarity=Neg | 7 glasses | cc |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 1 Not | fixed |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 to | punct |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 glasses | advmod |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 glasses | amod |
| 6 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 glasses | compound |
| 7 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 safe | nsubj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 projector | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 projector | det |
| 10 | pinhole | pinhole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 projector | compound |
| 11 | projector | projector | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 glasses | conj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 safe | cop |
| 13 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
That is fine if he blinks a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 blinks | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 blinks | nsubj |
| 6 | blinks | blink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lot | det |
| 8 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blinks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | blink a condition, not said to happen | present | he | a lot | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
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