Test 8 · ★ · The seasons and the tilt of the axis

Why is it that the north and the south never have summer at the same time?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it · What happens: not be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 have	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 have	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 have	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 north	det
6	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 south	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 south	det
9	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 north	conj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 have	advmod
11	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obl:unmarked
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 time	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 have	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	it				summer; time	have 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 · ✓ the right answer

When one half leans towards the Sun, the other leans away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 leans	mark
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 half	nummod
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 leans	nsubj
4	leans	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 leans	advcl
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 leans	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 leans	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 other	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 leans	nsubj
11	leans	lean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	away	away	ADV	_	11 leans	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean	present	one half					towards the Sun	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lean away	present	the other					away property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Sun can only shine on one pole a year

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 shine	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shine	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 shine	advmod
5	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 pole	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 pole	nummod
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	obl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 year	det
10	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shine	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	can	the Sun			one pole	year		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pole=Location

Option 3

The south is always farther from the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 south	det
2	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 farther	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 farther	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 farther	advmod
5	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 farther	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the south			the Sun		always, far property	tree rules

Option 4

The Moon brings winter to one half

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 brings	nsubj
3	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brings	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 half	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 half	nummod
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	3 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the Moon			one half	winter		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to half=Destination

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