--- title: A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. What does… — Light, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. What does it show? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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/53-light/t7/) [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/) / [Light, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/53-light/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. What does it show? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rainbow, sunlight · **What happens:** appear, shine, show · **To what, where:** raindrops This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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/53-light/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:1 # text = A rainbow appears when sunlight shines through raindrops. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rainbow rainbow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 sunlight sunlight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 shines shine VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 through through ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 raindrops raindrop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | a rainbow | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shine** | present | sunlight | | | raindrops | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through raindrop=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:* What does it show? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:2 # text = What does it show? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · do-support | sunlight | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Clouds add colour to the light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:o1:1 # text = Clouds add colour to the light 1 Clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 add add VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present | Clouds | colour | | | | to the light | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent colour=Patient to light=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The Sun is many colours at different times ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:o2:1 # text = The Sun is many colours at different times 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the Sun | many colours | | | time | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Raindrops are painted in colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:o3:1 # text = Raindrops are painted in colours 1 Raindrops raindrop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | present · passive | | Raindrops | | colours | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in colour=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} White light contains all the colours ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:53-light:t7:o4:1 # text = White light contains all the colours 1 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** | present | White light | all colours | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot colour=Theme | **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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