Exam question 3 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the stars during the daytime.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, stars

This is exam question 3 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stars	det
13	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 concerning	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 daytime	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 daytime	det
16	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response			with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the stars	during the daytime		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus star=Experiencer

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

They are extinguished each morning and rekindled at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 extinguished	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 extinguished	aux:pass
3	extinguished	extinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 morning	det
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extinguished	obl:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 rekindled	cc
7	rekindled	rekindle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 extinguished	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rekindled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extinguish	present · passive		They			morning		vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	rekindle	past					night		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They remain in the sky but are concealed by the bright sunlit sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remain	nsubj
2	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sky	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sky	det
5	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remain	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 concealed	cc
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 concealed	aux:pass
8	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remain	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 sky	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sky	det
11	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sky	amod
12	sunlit	sunlit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sky	amod
13	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	They			the sky			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location
2	conceal	present · passive	the bright sunlit sky						vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They move to the opposite side of the Sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 move	nsubj
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 side	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	They			the opposite side of the Sun			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to side=Trajectory

Option 4

They descend below the horizon all together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 descend	nsubj
2	descend	descend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	below	below	ADP	_	5 horizon	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horizon	det
5	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 descend	obl
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 together	advmod
7	together	together	ADV	_	2 descend	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	present	They			the horizon		together property	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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