--- title: A child stands in the same spot at 9 o'clock, at 12 o'clock and at 3… — Mirrors, shadows and colours · tree and pragmatics description: A child stands in the same spot at 9 o'clock, at 12 o'clock and at 3 o'clock on a sunny day. When is the shadow shortest? 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When is the shadow shortest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** stand, be · **To what, where:** same spot, shadow This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A child stands in the same spot at 9 o'clock, at 12 o'clock and at 3 o'clock on a sunny day. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:1 # text = A child stands in the same spot at 9 o'clock, at 12 o'clock and at 3 o'clock on a sunny day. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | a child | | | the same spot at 9 o'clock and 12 o'clock and 3 o'clock | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in spot=Location | 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:* When is the shadow shortest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:2 # text = When is the shadow shortest? 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 shortest short ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the shadow | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} At 9 o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:o1:1 # text = At 9 o'clock 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} At 12 o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:o2:1 # text = At 12 o'clock 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} It is the same all day ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:o3:1 # text = It is the same all day 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | day | same *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} At 3 o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:84-mirrors-shadows-colours:t6:o4:1 # text = At 3 o'clock 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 o'clock o'clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` 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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