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title: You shine sunlight through a glass of water and look closely at the… — Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts · tree and pragmatics
description: You shine sunlight through a glass of water and look closely at the rainbow patch. What do you see? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 10 · ★ · Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts

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You shine sunlight through a glass of water and look closely at the rainbow patch. What do you see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** shine, look, see · **To what, where:** sunlight, glass

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Magnets, compasses and big Earth facts» of the myths 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/myths/17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You shine sunlight through a glass of water and look closely at the rainbow patch.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:1
# text = You shine sunlight through a glass of water and look closely at the rainbow patch.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shine	shine	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	patch	patch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | present | You | sunlight |  | a glass of water |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sunlight=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the rainbow patch; closely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at patch=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What do you see?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:2
# text = What do you see?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Exactly seven stripes with dark gaps between

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:o1:1
# text = Exactly seven stripes with dark gaps between
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gaps	gap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Colours blending smoothly into each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:o2:1
# text = Colours blending smoothly into each other
1	Colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	blending	blend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	2	obl	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blend** | gerund | Colours *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into each; smoothly *property* | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient into each=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only red and blue, with nothing in between

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:o3:1
# text = Only red and blue, with nothing in between
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	acl	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A plain white light with no colours at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:17-magnets-compasses-and-big-earth-facts:t10:o4:1
# text = A plain white light with no colours at all
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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