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description: It is given that the Sun stands in the east at morning. Determine the direction in which shadows shall then point. Exam question 2 of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy

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It is given that the Sun stands in the east at morning. Determine the direction in which shadows shall then point.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun, you, shadows · **What happens:** give, stand, determine, point · **To what, where:** It, east, direction

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 60 «Thinking it through — forces, heat, light and energy» of the world course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/60-reasoning-energy-technology/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Sun stands in the east at morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:1
# text = It is given that the Sun stands in the east at morning.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | the Sun |  |  | the east | morning |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in east=Location |

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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:* Determine the direction in which shadows shall then point.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:2
# text = Determine the direction in which shadows shall then point.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the direction |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic |
| 2 | **point** | shall | shadows |  |  |  | then | in the direction | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in which=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Towards the east

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:o1:1
# text = Towards the east
1	Towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Directly downwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:o2:1
# text = Directly downwards
1	Directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	downwards	downwards	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Towards the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:o3:1
# text = Towards the north
1	Towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Towards the west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:60-reasoning-energy-technology:e2:o4:1
# text = Towards the west
1	Towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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