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Test 6 · Stars, planets and constellations in the night sky

In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars. What is the best reason?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, best reason · What happens: see, be · To what, where: handful, big city

This is test 6 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

Sentence 1: In a big city at night you see only a handful of stars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 city	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 city	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 city	amod
4	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 handful	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 handful	det
11	handful	handful	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 stars	case
13	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 handful	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	you	a handful of stars		a big city	night		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer handful=Stimulus

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.

Sentence 2: What is the best reason?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reason						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The tall buildings block every one of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 buildings	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 buildings	amod
3	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 block	nsubj
4	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 block	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	the tall buildings	every one of them					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer one=Theme

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

The city lights make the sky too bright

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lights	det
2	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lights	compound
3	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 bright	advmod
8	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the city lights	the sky				bright property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sky=Product

Option 3

The air above a city has no stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
3	above	above	ADP	_	5 city	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 air	nmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 stars	det
8	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the air above a city	no stars					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Patient

Option 4

The warm city air blocks starlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 air	det
2	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 air	amod
3	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 air	compound
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blocks	nsubj
5	blocks	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	starlight	starlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blocks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	block	present	the warm city air	starlight					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer starlight=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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