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title: Mate, what's the Aurora Borealis when it's at home? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what's the Aurora Borealis when it's at home? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

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Mate, what's the Aurora Borealis when it's at home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, Borealis · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Aurora Borealis, home

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books 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/books/643-pg23661-part11/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t4:1
# text = Mate, what's the Aurora Borealis when it's at home?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Aurora	Aurora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Borealis	Borealis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mate | the Aurora Borealis |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Borealis |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Arctic shimmer, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t4:o1:1
# text = The Arctic shimmer, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Arctic	arctic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shimmer	shimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Aurora Borealis, the bright lights up north, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t4:o2:1
# text = The Aurora Borealis, the bright lights up north, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Aurora	Aurora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Borealis	Borealis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	up	up	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	north	north	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Northern Lights, innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t4:o3:1
# text = The Northern Lights, innit
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lights	Light	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Like the Northern Lights, but dead far up in the sky, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t4:o4:1
# text = Like the Northern Lights, but dead far up in the sky, mate
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Lights	Light	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
```

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

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