--- title: In a model, a tilted ball goes around a lamp. When is its top half w… — The seasons and the tilt of the axis · tree and pragmatics description: In a model, a tilted ball goes around a lamp. When is its top half warmest? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» of the world 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/world/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/t4/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [The seasons and the tilt of the axis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · The seasons and the tilt of the axis In a model, a tilted ball goes around a lamp. When is its top half warmest? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tilted ball, top half · **What happens:** tilt, go, be · **To what, where:** lamp This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 2 «The seasons and the tilt of the axis» 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/2-seasons-and-the-tilt/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a model, a tilted ball goes around a lamp. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:1 # text = In a model, a tilted ball goes around a lamp. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 model model NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tilted tilt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 around around ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tilt** | participle | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present | a tilted ball | | | a lamp | | in a model | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme around lamp=Initial\_Location | 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:* When is its top half warmest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:2 # text = When is its top half warmest? 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 6 nsubj _ _ 6 warmest warm ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | lamp's top half | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} When the ball spins fastest ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:o1:1 # text = When the ball spins fastest 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spins spin VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 5 fastest fast ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | present | the ball | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} When the top half leans away from the lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:o2:1 # text = When the top half leans away from the lamp 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 nsubj _ _ 5 leans lean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean away** | present | the top half | | | the lamp | | away *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} When the top half leans towards the lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:o3:1 # text = When the top half leans towards the lamp 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 top top ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 5 nsubj _ _ 5 leans lean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 towards towards ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | present | the top half | | | | | towards the lamp | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} When the ball is farthest from the lamp ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:2-seasons-and-the-tilt:t4:o4:1 # text = When the ball is farthest from the lamp 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 farthest far ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the ball | | | the lamp | | far *property* | tree rules | **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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