Test 8 · ★★ · Eclipses

Why does a lunar eclipse last much longer than a total solar eclipse in one place?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, last · To what, where: lunar eclipse, one place

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 last	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eclipse	det
4	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eclipse	amod
5	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
6	last	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	much	much	ADV	_	8 longer	advmod
8	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 last	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	13 eclipse	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 eclipse	det
11	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eclipse	amod
12	solar	solar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 eclipse	amod
13	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 longer	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 place	nummod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 last	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 last	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		a lunar eclipse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=Eventuality
2	last	present				one place		long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

A lunar eclipse happens in winter only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 eclipse	det
2	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 eclipse	amod
3	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happens	nsubj
4	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 winter	case
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happens	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	4 happens	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	a lunar eclipse				winter		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Earth's big shadow takes long to cross the small Moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Earth	det
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shadow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Earth	case
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shadow	amod
5	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	nsubj
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 takes	xcomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cross	mark
9	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 takes	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Moon	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Moon	amod
12	Moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cross	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present	the Earth's big shadow		long property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cross	to-infinitive	the Earth's big shadow not said here	the small Moon		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moon=Patient
3	shadow		the Earth			nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The Sun goes behind the Earth for the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Sun	det
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 Earth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Earth	det
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 night	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	the Sun			the Earth	night		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme behind earth=Location

Option 4

The Moon moves faster during a lunar eclipse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Moon	det
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moves	nsubj
3	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 moves	advmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	8 eclipse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 eclipse	det
7	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 eclipse	amod
8	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	the Moon				during a lunar eclipse	fast property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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