Test 13 · Day and night

my sister reckons the stars only come out at night cos they switch on. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, stars · What happens: reckon, come out, switch on

This is test 13 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stars	det
5	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 come	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	ccomp
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 switch	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 switch	nsubj
13	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 come	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 switch	compound:prt
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct
16	right	right	INTJ	_	3 reckons	discourse
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my sister			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	come out	present	the stars	night	out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	switch on	present	stars = star			vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

No, the stars hide under the Earth by day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 hide	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stars	det
4	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hide	nsubj
5	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 Earth	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 day	case
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the stars			the Earth	day		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under earth=Location

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

No, they're there all day but sunlight hides them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 there	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	cop
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 there	obl:unmarked
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 hides	cc
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hides	nsubj
10	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 there	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	they				day	there property	tree rules
2	hide	present	sunlight	them = they					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Yes, stars turn on when the Sun turns off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 turn	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 turn	nsubj
4	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 turn	compound:prt
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 turns	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 turns	nsubj
9	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 turns	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn on	present	stars						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	turn off	present	the Sun						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Yes, stars light up only when it gets dark outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 light	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 light	nsubj
4	light	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 light	compound:prt
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 gets	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 light	advcl
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gets	xcomp
11	outside	outside	ADV	_	10 dark	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light up	present	stars						vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	it					dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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