Test 4 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun
Holly's cousin from Boston: "We had a blue moon, it was wicked cool!" ("Wicked" means very, in New England.) What did she really see?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, cousin, Wicked · What happens: have, be, mean, see · To what, where: blue moon
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Holly's cousin from Boston: "We had a blue moon, it was wicked cool!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly | Holly | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Holly | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cool | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Boston | case |
| 5 | Boston | Boston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 8 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cousin | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 moon | det |
| 11 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 moon | amod |
| 12 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cousin | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 cool | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 cool | cop |
| 16 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 cool | amod |
| 17 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 17 cool | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 cool | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | We | a blue moon | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | Holly's cousin from Boston | cool property | tree rules |
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: ("Wicked" means very, in New England.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wicked | punct |
| 3 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Wicked | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 means | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 England | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 England | case |
| 9 | New | New | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 England | flat |
| 10 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 12 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Wicked | in New England | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in england=Attribute |
Sentence 3: What did she really see?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 see | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | Wicked | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
A full moon that was bright blue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 moon | det |
| 2 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moon | amod |
| 3 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 blue | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 blue | cop |
| 6 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 blue | amod |
| 7 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moon | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | a full moon | blue property | tree rules |
Option 2
A Moon with a blue ring of rain round it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ring | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 ring | det |
| 5 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ring | amod |
| 6 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Moon | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 rain | case |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ring | nmod |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rain | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A new moon in the middle of summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 moon | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 moon | amod |
| 3 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moon | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 summer | case |
| 8 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
An extra full moon that looked its normal colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 moon | det |
| 2 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 moon | amod |
| 3 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 moon | amod |
| 4 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 colour | nmod:poss |
| 8 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 colour | amod |
| 9 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | a extra full moon | moon's normal colour | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme colour=Attribute |
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