Test 12 · Day and night

Leo says the Sun goes round the Earth every day and that's why it gets dark. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, Sun, that · What happens: say, go, be, get · To what, where: Earth · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 of lesson 1 «Day and night» of the world 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
6	round	round	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl:unmarked
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 why	cc
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 why	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 why	cop
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 gets	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 gets	nsubj
16	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 goes	advcl
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 gets	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 true	punct
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Leo				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	the Sun	the Earth	day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round earth=Initial_Location
3	is	present	that			why property	tree rules
4	get	present	Sun			dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yes, the Sun circles the Earth once every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 circles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 circles	nsubj
5	circles	circle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 circles	obj
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 circles	advmod
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 once	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	present	the Sun	the Earth				once property	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme

Option 2

Yes, but only in winter does it go round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	round	round	ADV	_	9 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go round	present · do-support	it				winter	round property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the Earth spins and turns us away from the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spins	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Earth	det
4	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spins	nsubj
5	spins	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turns	cc
7	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spins	conj
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 turns	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 turns	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 Sun	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sun	det
12	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	the Earth						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	turn away	present	the Earth not said here	us		the Sun		away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent we=Theme from sun=Source

Option 4

No, the Moon goes round and covers the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	round	round	ADV	_	5 goes	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 covers	cc
8	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 goes	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Sun	det
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 covers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go round	present	the Moon					round property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cover	present	the Moon not said here		the Sun				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun=Destination

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