--- title: Identify the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun across the sky… — Day and night, and the Moon's faces · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun across the sky from east to west. Exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was rig --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/) / [Day and night, and the Moon's faces](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/physics/39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Day and night, and the Moon's faces Identify the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun across the sky from east to west. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Sun · **What happens:** identify, cause, pass · **To what, where:** cause, sky, apparent passage This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Day and night, and the Moon's faces» of the physics course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/physics/39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:e1:1 # text = Identify the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun across the sky from east to west. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 apparent apparent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 across across ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the apparent passage of the Sun | | the sky | | from east; to west | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent cause=Theme to west=be' | | 2 | **cause** | | | the apparent passage of the Sun | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **pass** | | the Sun | | | | | | nom passage «act intransitive»: of=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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The pull of the Moon upon the Sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:e1:o1:1 # text = The pull of the Moon upon the Sun 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pull pull NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | | | the Moon | | | | upon the Sun | nom pull «act transitive»: of=patient upon=obl | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The rotation of the Earth towards the east ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:e1:o2:1 # text = The rotation of the Earth towards the east 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rotation rotation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rotate** | | the Earth | | | | | towards the east | nom rotation «act intransitive»: of=agent towards=obl | ### Option 3 {#o3} The motion of the clouds from east to west ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:e1:o3:1 # text = The motion of the clouds from east to west 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **motion** | | the clouds from east to west | | | | | | nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The revolution of the Sun about the Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:physics:39-day-and-night-and-the-moons-faces:e1:o4:1 # text = The revolution of the Sun about the Earth 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 revolution revolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revolt** | | the Sun | | | | | about the Earth | nom revolution «event intransitive»: of=agent about=obl | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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