Test 13 · ★ · The seasons and the tilt of the axis

a video said the Earth's axis flips over every winter to make the seasons. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: video, axis · What happens: say, flip, make · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 video	det
2	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Earth	det
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 axis	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Earth	case
7	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flips	nsubj
8	flips	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 winter	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 winter	det
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flips	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 make	mark
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 flips	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 seasons	det
15	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 flips	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	8 flips	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	a video		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	flip	present	the Earth's axis	winter	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	make	to-infinitive	the Earth's axis not said here	season	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Yes, it flips every winter and turns back again in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 flips	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flips	nsubj
4	flips	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 winter	det
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flips	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turns	cc
8	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 flips	conj
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 turns	advmod
10	again	again	ADV	_	8 turns	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 summer	case
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flip	present	it				winter		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	turn back	present					again; summer		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, the axis flips only once every ten years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 flips	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 axis	det
4	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flips	nsubj
5	flips	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 once	advmod
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 flips	advmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 years	det
9	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 flips	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flip	present	the axis				year	once property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, but only by a small wobble each month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 wobble	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 wobble	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 wobble	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 wobble	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wobble	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wobble	amod
8	wobble	wobble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 month	det
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wobble	obl:unmarked

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the axis keeps pointing the same way all year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 keeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 axis	det
4	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	pointing	point	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 keeps	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointing	obl:unmarked
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pointing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	the axis						tree rules
2	point	gerund	the axis not said here	the same way			year		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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