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title: why is my shadow massive this arvo but tiny at lunch — Mirrors, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics
description: why is my shadow massive this arvo but tiny at lunch Test 10 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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 right.
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# Test 10 · Mirrors, shadows and colours

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why is my shadow massive this arvo but tiny at lunch

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shadow, my · **What happens:** be, shadow · **To what, where:** lunch

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This is test 10 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t10:1
# text = why is my shadow massive this arvo but tiny at lunch
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	arvo	arvo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | my shadow |  |  |  |  | this arvo *obl:unmarked*; massive *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | my shadow *not said here* |  |  | lunch |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **shadow** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Sun gets bigger in the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t10:o1:1
# text = The Sun gets bigger in the afternoon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the Sun |  |  |  | afternoon | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shadows grow longer as you get tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t10:o2:1
# text = Shadows grow longer as you get tired
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Shadows |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | you |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Shadows are longest in morning and evening and shortest around midday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t10:o3:1
# text = Shadows are longest in morning and evening and shortest around midday
1	Shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	longest	long	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	shortest	short	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	conj	_	_
10	around	around	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	midday	midday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Shadows |  |  |  | morning | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Shadows *not said here* |  |  | midday |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ground gets darker as the day goes on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t10:o4:1
# text = The ground gets darker as the day goes on
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	darker	dark	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	on	on	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the ground |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **go on** | present | the day |  |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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