--- title: Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. What… — Phases, eclipses and tides · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. What is wrong? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/t2/) [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/) / [Space](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/) / [Phases, eclipses and tides](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, solar eclipse · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Phases, eclipses and tides» of the space 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/space/7-phases-eclipses-and-tides/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:1 # text = Your friend says there's a solar eclipse at full Moon tonight. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 eclipse eclipse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | a solar eclipse at full Moon | | | there | tonight | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:2 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Solar eclipses happen only at midnight ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:o1:1 # text = Solar eclipses happen only at midnight 1 Solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 eclipses eclipse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 midnight midnight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Solar eclipses | | | | midnight | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Eclipses happen only in winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:o2:1 # text = Eclipses happen only in winter 1 Eclipses eclipse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Eclipses | | | | winter | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, solar eclipses happen at full Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing, solar eclipses happen at full Moon 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 eclipses eclipse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | Nothing | | | full Moon | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at moon=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A solar eclipse can happen only at new Moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t2:o4:1 # text = A solar eclipse can happen only at new Moon 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 solar solar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 eclipse eclipse NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 only only ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | can | a solar eclipse | | | new Moon | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at moon=Location | **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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