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title: Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnig… — Day and night, shadows and sundials · tree and pragmatics
description: Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnight in June, bare light out there." ("Bare" means loads of.) Is that possible? Test 6 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 6 · Day and night, shadows and sundials

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Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnight in June, bare light out there." ("Bare" means loads of.) Is that possible?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Freya, Bare, that · **What happens:** play, mean, be · **To what, where:** footy, loads

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This is test 6 of lesson 118 «Day and night, shadows and sundials» of the world 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/world/118-day-night-shadows-sundials/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnight in June, bare light out there."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:1
# text = Freya, from south London: "My cousin in Norway plays footy at midnight in June, bare light out there."
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	south	South	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	footy	footy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	midnight	midnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	June	June	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	out	out	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** *in a quote* | present | Freya from south London | footy |  |  | june; midnight |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footy=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:* ("Bare" means loads of.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:2
# text = ("Bare" means loads of.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bare | loads |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Is that possible?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:3
# text = Is that possible?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, the Sun sets by 10 pm everywhere in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:o1:1
# text = No, the Sun sets by 10 pm everywhere in the world
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sets	set	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pm	p.m.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | present | the Sun |  |  |  |  | by 10 pm; everywhere *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by p.m.=Destination |

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

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Yes, in the far north the Sun doesn't set for weeks in summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, in the far north the Sun doesn't set for weeks in summer
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **set** | present · do-support | the Sun |  |  | the far north | summer; week |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in north=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, Norway has 12 hours of night all year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:o3:1
# text = No, Norway has 12 hours of night all year
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Norway	Norway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Norway |  |  |  | hour; year |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if there is a full moon that night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:118-day-night-shadows-sundials:t6:o4:1
# text = Only if there is a full moon that night
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	4	expl	_	_
4	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a full moon |  |  | there | night |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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