Test 11 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun
Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons." Why the Moon, not the Sun?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: count · To what, where: Farmers
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 119 «The Moon's month and the year round the Sun» 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
Sentence 1: Grace's teacher: "Farmers long ago counted moons."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Grace | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 moons | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 counted | punct |
| 6 | Farmers | farmer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 counted | advmod |
| 8 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 9 counted | advmod |
| 9 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 moons | amod |
| 10 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 teacher | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 teacher | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 teacher | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count in a quote | participle · passive | Farmers | ago, long property | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Why the Moon, not the Sun?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Moon | det |
| 3 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Sun | punct |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 Sun | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Moon | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Its changing shape is easy to see and count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 shape | nmod:poss |
| 2 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 shape | amod |
| 3 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 easy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 easy | cop |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 easy | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 count | cc |
| 9 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 see | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | gerund | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | Its changing shape | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | Its changing shape not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | count | infinitive | Its changing shape not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
The Sun did not rise every day in those days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 rise | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rise | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 rise | advmod |
| 5 | rise | rise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rise | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 days | case |
| 9 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 10 days | det |
| 10 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not rise | past · do-support | the Sun | day | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The Moon tells you the exact hour of the day
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 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tells | iobj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hour | det |
| 6 | exact | exact | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hour | amod |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tells | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | the Moon | you | hour | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
Option 4
The Moon decides when the crops grow and ripen
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 decides | nsubj |
| 3 | decides | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 grow | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 crops | det |
| 6 | crops | crop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grow | nsubj |
| 7 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 decides | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ripen | cc |
| 9 | ripen | ripen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | the Moon | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | grow | present | the crops | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ripen | present | the crops not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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