Test 13 · ★ · The Moon and its phases

Mia reckons the moon makes its own light like a lamp. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, moon · What happens: reckon, make, light · To what, where: own light

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 moon	det
4	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 light	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obj
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 lamp	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lamp	det
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	2 reckons	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Mia			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	present	the moon	moon's own light	like a lamp	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset light=Product
3	light		moon			nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

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

No, it reflects light from the Earth's cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 reflects	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 reflects	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reflects	nsubj
4	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reflects	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 cities	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Earth	det
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 cities	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Earth	case
10	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 reflects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	it	light		the Earth's cities			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it only reflects light from the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 reflects	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 reflects	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 reflects	advmod
5	reflects	reflect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reflects	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 Sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 reflects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reflect	present	it	light		the Sun			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, it glows like a small star

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 glows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glows	nsubj
4	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	8 star	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 star	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 star	amod
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	present	it					like a small star	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only when it is full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 full	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 full	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 full	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 full	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 full	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 full	cop
8	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					full property	tree rules

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