Test 7 · ★★ · Eclipses

Which is true about the shadow in a lunar eclipse?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 shadow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shadow	det
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	obl
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	6 shadow	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						about the shadow in a lunar eclipse; true 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

It is a thin straight line across the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 line	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 line	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 line	det
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 line	amod
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 line	amod
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	across	across	ADP	_	9 Moon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 line	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a thin straight line		the Moon			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is round, because the Earth is a ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 round	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 round	cop
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ball	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 ball	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Earth	det
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ball	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ball	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 ball	det
10	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 round	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					round property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the Earth	a ball					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is the shadow of the Sun falling on the Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shadow	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 shadow	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shadow	det
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Sun	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Sun	det
7	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shadow	nmod
8	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 shadow	acl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 Moon	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Moon	det
11	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the shadow				of the Sun	tree rules
2	fall	gerund	the shadow not said here			the Moon			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on moon=Location

Option 4

It is square, because of the shapes of the continents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 square	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 square	cop
3	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shapes	punct
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 shapes	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shapes	det
8	shapes	shape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 square	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 continents	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 continents	det
11	continents	continent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shapes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					because the shapes of the continents; square property	tree rules

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