--- title: Why can a Moon in a lunar eclipse look red instead of disappearing? — Phases, eclipses and tides · tree and pragmatics description: Why can a Moon in a lunar eclipse look red instead of disappearing? Test 6 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Phases, eclipses and tides Why can a Moon in a lunar eclipse look red instead of disappearing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look, disappear · **To what, where:** Moon This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t6:1 # text = Why can a Moon in a lunar eclipse look red instead of disappearing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lunar lunar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 eclipse eclipse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 13 mark _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 disappearing disappear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | can | | a Moon in a lunar eclipse | | | | red *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **disappear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The Moon heats up and glows red ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t6:o1:1 # text = The Moon heats up and glows red 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 heats heat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 glows glow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **heat up** | present | the Moon | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **glow** | present | the Moon *not said here* | | | | | red *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sunlight bent through the Earth's air reaches it, like sunsets ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t6:o2:1 # text = Sunlight bent through the Earth's air reaches it, like sunsets 1 Sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 reaches reach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sunsets sunset NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bend** | participle | | Sunlight *not said here* | | the Earth's air | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through air=Location | | 2 | **reach** | present | Sunlight | air | | | sunset | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Moon's volcanoes erupt during eclipses ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t6:o3:1 # text = The Moon's volcanoes erupt during eclipses 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Moon Moon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 volcanoes volcano NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 erupt erupt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 during during ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 eclipses eclipse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **erupt** | present | the Moon's volcanoes | | | | during eclipses | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Mars shines its red light on it ```conllu # sent_id = question:space:7-phases-eclipses-and-tides:t6:o4:1 # text = Mars shines its red light on it 1 Mars Mars PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shine** | present | Mars | its red light | | light | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme | | 2 | **light** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent | **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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