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title: Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses. Wha… — Phases, eclipses and tides · tree and pragmatics
description: Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses. What should you tell him? Test 4 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides

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Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses. What should you tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Harry, you · **What happens:** plan, watch, tell · **To what, where:** eclipse, Harry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:1
# text = Harry plans to watch the eclipse with his mum's dark sunglasses.
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plans	plan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sunglasses	sunglasses	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | present | Harry |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Harry *not said here* | the eclipse |  |  |  | with Harry's mum's dark sunglasses | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eclipse=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 should you tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:2
# text = What should you tell him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | you |  | Harry |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sunglasses are fine for a partial eclipse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:o1:1
# text = Sunglasses are fine for a partial eclipse
1	Sunglasses	sunglasses	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sunglasses |  |  |  |  | for a partial eclipse; fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if he looks only for a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:o2:1
# text = Fine, if he looks only for a minute
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Fine |  |  |  | minute |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not to: only proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector are safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:o3:1
# text = Not to: only proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector are safe
1	Not	not	PART	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ|Polarity=Neg	7	cc	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pinhole	pinhole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	projector	projector	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | proper eclipse glasses or a pinhole projector |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That is fine if he blinks a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t4:o4:1
# text = That is fine if he blinks a lot
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	blinks	blink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **blink** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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