Test 10 · ★ · The Moon and its phases

how come the moon's only half there tonight

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, moon · What happens: come, be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 3 «The Moon and its phases» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 come	advmod
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moon	det
4	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 there	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 there	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
7	half	half	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 come	ccomp
9	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here				tonight		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the moon					half, there 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 Earth's shadow is covering the other half

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shadow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Earth	case
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 covering	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 covering	aux
6	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 half	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 half	amod
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 covering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · progressive	the Earth's shadow	the other half					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme half=Destination
2	shadow		the Earth						nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

We can see only part of its lit half from here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 part	advmod
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 half	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 half	nmod:poss
8	lit	lit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 half	amod
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 part	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 here	case
11	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	We	part of part's lit half					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus

Option 3

The Moon has broken into pieces this week

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	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 pieces	case
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broken	obl
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · perfect · passive		the Moon			week	into pieces result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into piece=Result

Option 4

A cloud is hiding the other half of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloud	det
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hiding	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hiding	aux
4	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 half	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 half	amod
7	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 hiding	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 half	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present · progressive	a cloud	the other half of half					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Patient

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