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title: In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thou… — Eclipses · tree and pragmatics
description: In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thousand kilometres away sees nothing special. What is happening? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Eclipses

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In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thousand kilometres away sees nothing special. What is happening?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sun, city · **What happens:** go, see, happen · **To what, where:** one town, nothing

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Eclipses» 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/8-eclipses/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thousand kilometres away sees nothing special.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:1
# text = In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thousand kilometres away sees nothing special.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
16	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	compound	_	_
17	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
20	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	20	obj	_	_
22	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the Sun |  |  | one town |  | dark *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in town=Location |
| 2 | **see** | present | a city | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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:* What is happening?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:2
# text = What is happening?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **happen** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A sunset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:o1:1
# text = A sunset
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sunset	sunset	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A solar eclipse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:o2:1
# text = A solar eclipse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	solar	solar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A lunar eclipse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:o3:1
# text = A lunar eclipse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A new moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t4:o4:1
# text = A new moon
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	moon	moon	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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