Test 10 · Mirrors, shadows and colours

why is my shadow massive this arvo but tiny at lunch

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: shadow, my · What happens: be, shadow · To what, where: lunch

This is test 10 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, shadows and colours» 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	5 massive	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 massive	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shadow	nmod:poss
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 massive	nsubj
5	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 arvo	det
7	arvo	arvo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 massive	obl:unmarked
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 tiny	cc
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 massive	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 lunch	case
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tiny	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	my shadow		this arvo obl:unmarked; massive property	tree rules
2	be		my shadow not said here	lunch		tree rules
3	shadow		my			nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

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 Sun gets bigger in the afternoon

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 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 gets	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 afternoon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 afternoon	det
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the Sun				afternoon	big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Shadows grow longer as you get tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 grow	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 get	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	advcl
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Shadows					long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	you					tired property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Shadows are longest in morning and evening and shortest around midday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 longest	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 longest	cop
3	longest	long	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 morning	case
5	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 longest	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 evening	cc
7	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 morning	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shortest	cc
9	shortest	short	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 longest	conj
10	around	around	ADP	_	11 midday	case
11	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shortest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shadows				morning	long property	tree rules
2	be		Shadows not said here			midday			tree rules

Option 4

The ground gets darker as the day goes on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ground	det
2	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	darker	dark	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 gets	xcomp
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 goes	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	advcl
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the ground					dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	go on	present	the day						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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