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title: Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse. Wha… — Eclipses · tree and pragmatics
description: Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse. What do they see? Test 5 · ★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Eclipses

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Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse. What do they see?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Astronauts · **What happens:** look, see

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:1
# text = Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse.
1	Astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	eclipse	eclipse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Astronauts on the Moon |  |  |  | during a lunar eclipse | at the Earth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at earth=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:* What do they see?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:2
# text = What do they see?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present · do-support | Astronauts *= astronaut* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Earth hiding the Sun, with a red ring of light around it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:o1:1
# text = The Earth hiding the Sun, with a red ring of light around it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	around	around	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund | the Earth | the Sun |  |  |  | with a red ring of light around light | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The Moon's dark round shadow sliding slowly across the Earth below

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:o2:1
# text = The Moon's dark round shadow sliding slowly across the Earth below
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	sliding	slide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	across	across	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	below	below	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | gerund | the Moon's dark round shadow *not said here* |  |  | the Earth |  | below, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across earth=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shadow** |  | the Moon |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing unusual at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:o3:1
# text = Nothing unusual at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	unusual	unusual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A full Earth shining brightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:8-eclipses:t5:o4:1
# text = A full Earth shining brightly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund | a full Earth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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