Test 12 · ★ · The seasons and the tilt of the axis
Leo says we get summer cos we're closer to the sun. true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, we · What happens: say, get, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 9 closer | mark |
| 7 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 closer | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 closer | cop |
| 9 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | conj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 sun. | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sun. | det |
| 12 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 closer | obl |
| 13 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 closer | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Leo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | present | we | summer | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | we | to the sun.; close 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, the Earth swings close to the Sun every July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 swings | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Earth | det |
| 4 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 swings | nsubj |
| 5 | swings | swing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 swings | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Sun | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Sun | det |
| 9 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 close | obl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 July | det |
| 11 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 swings | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swing | present | the Earth | july | close property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2
No, it's the Moon's distance that makes summer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 distance | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 distance | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 distance | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 distance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Moon | case |
| 8 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 makes | nsubj |
| 10 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 distance | acl:relcl |
| 11 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the Moon's distance | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | present | the Moon's distance | summer | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
Option 3
Yes, summer comes when the Earth is nearest the Sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 comes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | nsubj |
| 4 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 nearest | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Earth | det |
| 7 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 nearest | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 nearest | cop |
| 9 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 comes | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Sun | det |
| 11 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 nearest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | summer | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Earth | the Sun obl; near property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's from the tilt; we're closest to the Sun in January
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 tilt | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tilt | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tilt | cop |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 tilt | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tilt | det |
| 7 | tilt | tilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 closest | punct |
| 9 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 closest | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 closest | cop |
| 11 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 tilt | appos |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Sun | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Sun | det |
| 14 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 closest | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 January | case |
| 16 | January | January | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 closest | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | the tilt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | we | january | to the Sun; close property | tree rules |
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