Test 12 · ★★ · Eclipses

my sister says we get a solar eclipse every new moon. true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, we · What happens: say, get · To what, where: solar eclipse · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 eclipse	det
7	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eclipse	amod
8	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 moon	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 moon	amod
11	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present	we	a solar eclipse					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=Beneficiary moon=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, the Moon's path is tilted so it usually misses the line

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 tilted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 path	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Moon	case
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tilted	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tilted	aux:pass
8	tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 misses	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 misses	nsubj
11	usually	usually	ADV	_	12 misses	advmod
12	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tilted	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 line	det
14	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 misses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tilt	present · passive		the Moon's path					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	miss	present	path	the line				usually property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, every single new moon makes one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 moon	det
4	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 moon	amod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 moon	amod
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	nsubj
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 makes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	every single new moon	one					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product

Option 3

Yes, but only when it's cloudy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, solar eclipses happen at full moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 happen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct
3	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 eclipses	amod
4	eclipses	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	nsubj
5	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 moon	case
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moon	amod
8	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	solar eclipses			full moon			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at moon=Location

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