Test 7 · Day and night

Why can you not see stars at noon?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not see · To what, where: stars

This is test 7 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 see	advmod
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 noon	case
8	noon	noon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	you	stars			noon		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus

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

The stars move to the other side of the Earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stars	det
2	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 move	nsubj
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 move	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Earth	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Earth	det
10	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the stars			the other side of the Earth			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to side=Trajectory

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

Sunlight lights up the sky and hides them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lights	nsubj
2	lights	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 lights	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sky	det
5	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lights	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hides	cc
7	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lights	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hides	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light up	present	Sunlight	the sky					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sky=Product
2	hide	present	Sunlight not said here	them = they					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

The Moon hides the stars in the daytime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hides	nsubj
3	hides	hide	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	3 hides	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 daytime	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daytime	det
8	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hides	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the Moon	the stars		the daytime			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent star=Patient in daytime=Location

Option 4

The stars switch off during the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stars	det
2	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 switch	nsubj
3	switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 switch	compound:prt
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch off	present	the stars				day		vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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