Test 5 · ★ · The Moon's month and the year round the Sun
Ben's mum: "Supermoon tonight, it's gonna be massive!" Ben looks: "Mid." ("Mid" means nothing special.) Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Ben, Mid · What happens: be, look, mean · To what, where: Mid, nothing
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ben's mum: "Supermoon tonight, it's gonna be massive!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ben | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 massive | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 tonight | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 tonight | punct |
| 6 | Supermoon | Supermoon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 tonight | compound |
| 7 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mum | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 massive | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 massive | cop |
| 11 | gonna | gonna | PART | _ | 13 massive | mark |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 massive | cop |
| 13 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 13 massive | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 massive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Ben's mum and Supermoon tonight | massive 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: Ben looks: "Mid."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mid | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Mid | punct |
| 5 | Mid | Mid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looks | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Ben | Mid | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Sentence 3: ("Mid" means nothing special.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mid | punct |
| 3 | Mid | Mid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mid | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nothing | amod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Mid | nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Sentence 4: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Clouds always cover a supermoon, so you never see it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cover | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 cover | advmod |
| 3 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 supermoon | det |
| 5 | supermoon | supermoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cover | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 see | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 see | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cover | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | Clouds | a supermoon | always property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme supermoon=Destination | |||
| 2 | not see | present | you | supermoon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Supermoons are actually smaller than normal full moons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supermoons | supermoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smaller | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 smaller | cop |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 smaller | advmod |
| 4 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 moons | case |
| 6 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moons | amod |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 moons | amod |
| 8 | moons | moon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 smaller | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Supermoons | than normal full moons; actually, small property | tree rules |
Option 3
Supermoons only look big from space, not from the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supermoons | supermoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 look | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 look | advmod |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 look | xcomp |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 space | case |
| 6 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 big | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ground | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 ground | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 ground | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ground | det |
| 11 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Supermoons | from the ground; big property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from ground=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's only a little bigger, which is hard to notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bigger | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bigger | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 bigger | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 little | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bigger | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hard | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 hard | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hard | cop |
| 10 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bigger | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 notice | mark |
| 12 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 hard | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | a little obl:unmarked; big property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | notice | to-infinitive | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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