Test 13 · ★★ · Eclipses

Tom reckons the Moon goes red in a lunar eclipse cos it gets hot. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, Moon · What happens: reckon, go, get · To what, where: lunar eclipse

This is test 13 · ★★ 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	ccomp
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 goes	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 eclipse	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 eclipse	det
9	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 eclipse	amod
10	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 gets	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gets	nsubj
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 goes	advcl
14	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 gets	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 hot	punct
16	right	right	ADV	_	13 gets	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Tom			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	go	present	the Moon	a lunar eclipse	red property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in eclipse=Location
3	get	present	Moon		hot, right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

Yes, it glows red like hot metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 glows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 glows	nsubj
4	glows	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 glows	xcomp
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 metal	case
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 metal	amod
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 glows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	present	it					like hot metal; red property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, a little sunlight bends through Earth's air onto it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 bends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sunlight	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sunlight	amod
5	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bends	nsubj
6	bends	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	10 air	case
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 air	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Earth	case
10	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bends	obl
11	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	present	a little sunlight			Earth's air		onto air	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through air=Location

Option 3

No, it's red because of rusty dust that covers it all over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 red	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 red	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 red	cop
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 dust	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dust	amod
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 red	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 covers	nsubj
11	covers	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dust	acl:relcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 covers	obj
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 over	advmod
14	over	over	ADV	_	11 covers	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					because rusty dust; red property	tree rules
2	cover	present	rusty dust	dust				over property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

Option 4

Yes, the Moon heats up in the Earth's shadow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 heats	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 heats	nsubj
5	heats	heat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 heats	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 shadow	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Earth	det
9	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 shadow	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Earth	case
11	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 heats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heat up	present	the Moon					in the Earth's shadow	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent in shadow=Instrument
2	shadow		the Earth						nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

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