--- title: A flagpole's shadow points to the west. Where in the sky is the Sun? — Mirrors, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: A flagpole's shadow points to the west. Where in the sky is the Sun? Test 2 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/t2/) [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/) / [Mirrors, shadows and colours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/) / t2 # Test 2 · Mirrors, shadows and colours A flagpole's shadow points to the west. Where in the sky is the Sun? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** shadow, Sun · **What happens:** point, shadow, be · **To what, where:** west, flagpole, sky This is test 2 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A flagpole's shadow points to the west. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:1 # text = A flagpole's shadow points to the west. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 flagpole flagpole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 points point VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **point** | present | a flagpole's shadow | | the west | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to west=Recipient | | 2 | **shadow** | | | a flagpole | | | | | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=patient | 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:* Where in the sky is the Sun? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:2 # text = Where in the sky is the Sun? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Sun Sun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Sun | | | the sky | | where *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} In the east ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:o1:1 # text = In the east 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Straight overhead ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:o2:1 # text = Straight overhead 1 Straight straight ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 overhead overhead ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} In the west ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:o3:1 # text = In the west 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} In the north at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t2:o4:1 # text = In the north at night 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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