Test 6 · ★ · The Moon and its phases

Why does the Moon look bright although it is made of grey rock?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Moon · What happens: look, make · To what, where: Moon

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 look	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 look	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	advcl
6	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	although	although	SCONJ	_	10 made	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 rock	case
12	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rock	amod
13	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 made	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · do-support	the Moon					bright property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	make	present · passive		Moon				of grey rock	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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

It is covered in mirrors of shiny ice that sparkle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 covered	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 covered	aux:pass
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 mirrors	case
5	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 covered	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ice	case
7	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ice	amod
8	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mirrors	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 sparkle	nsubj
10	sparkle	sparkle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present · passive		It				in mirrors of shiny ice and sparkle	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination in mirror=Theme
2	sparkle		that						tree rules

Option 2

It is very hot inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hot	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hot	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 hot	advmod
4	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 hot	advmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sunlight falls on it and bounces to us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 falls	nsubj
2	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 falls	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bounces	cc
6	bounces	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 falls	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 us	case
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bounces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	Sunlight			it			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on it=Location
2	bounce	present	Sunlight not said here		us				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to we=Result

Option 4

It is lit by the stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lit	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	aux:pass
3	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stars	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stars	det
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lit	present · passive	the stars	It					tree rules

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