Test 10 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky

why's the north star always in the same spot

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: north star · What happens: be

This is test 10 of lesson 70 «Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky» 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=Rel	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 star	compound
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 spot	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 spot	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spot	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spot	amod
10	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 star	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the north star in the same spot					why 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

Polaris is the closest star and does not move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 star	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 star	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 star	det
4	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 star	amod
5	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 move	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 move	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 move	advmod
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 star	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Polaris	the closest star					tree rules
2	not move	present · do-support	Polaris not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Polaris moves, but too fast for us to see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 moves	nsubj
2	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fast	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 fast	cc
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 moves	advmod
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 see	mark
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 see	mark
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	Polaris					fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	us						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Polaris is a planet and so it never moves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polaris	Polaris	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 planet	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 planet	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 planet	det
4	planet	planet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 moves	cc
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 moves	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 moves	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 moves	advmod
9	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 planet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Polaris	a planet					tree rules
2	not move	present	planet						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Polaris stays almost still, and the other stars seem to circle round it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Polaris	polaris	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stays	nsubj
2	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	almost	almost	ADV	_	4 still	advmod
4	still	still	ADV	_	2 stays	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seem	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 seem	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stars	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stars	amod
9	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 seem	nsubj
10	seem	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stays	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 circle	mark
12	circle	circle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 seem	xcomp
13	round	round	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 circle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present	Polaris	still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem	present	the other stars			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	circle	to-infinitive	the other stars not said here		round Polaris	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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