Test 6 · ★★ · Eclipses
A friend wants to watch a solar eclipse through dark sunglasses. What should you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: want, watch, tell · To what, where: solar eclipse, dark sunglasses, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A friend wants to watch a solar eclipse through dark sunglasses.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 watch | mark |
| 5 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 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 watch | obj |
| 9 | through | through | ADP | _ | 11 sunglasses | case |
| 10 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sunglasses | amod |
| 11 | sunglasses | sunglasses | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 watch | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a friend | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | a friend not said here | a solar eclipse | dark sunglasses | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=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.
Sentence 2: What should you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | should | you | friend | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They are safe because the Moon blocks the heat
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 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 blocks | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Moon | det |
| 6 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | nsubj |
| 7 | blocks | block | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 heat | det |
| 9 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blocks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | block | present | the Moon | the heat | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer heat=Theme |
Option 2
They are safe if he looks only quickly
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 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 looks | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 looks | nsubj |
| 6 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | advcl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 quickly | advmod |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 6 looks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look a condition, not said to happen | present | he | quickly property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
They are safe if the glasses are very dark
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 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 dark | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 glasses | det |
| 6 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dark | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 dark | cop |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 dark | advmod |
| 9 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the glasses | dark property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
They are not safe; only special eclipse glasses are
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 | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 safe | advmod |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 glasses | punct |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 glasses | advmod |
| 7 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 glasses | amod |
| 8 | eclipse | eclipse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 glasses | compound |
| 9 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 safe | obl |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | They | special eclipse glasses obl; safe property | tree rules |
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