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title: "My teacher literally said the Great Wall is visible from space, he'… — Earth from space · tree and pragmatics
description: "My teacher literally said the Great Wall is visible from space, he's a teacher so he's right innit" What's a wise move? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Earth from space

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"My teacher literally said the Great Wall is visible from space, he's a teacher so he's right innit" What's a wise move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Great Wall · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** space, teacher, right innit, wise move · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Earth from space» of the myths 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/myths/13-earth-from-space/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t1:1
# text = "My teacher literally said the Great Wall is visible from space, he's a teacher so he's right innit" What's a wise move?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Wall	Wall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	28	punct	_	_
24	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | My teacher |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Great Wall |  |  | space |  | visible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | teacher | a teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | teacher | right innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | a wise move |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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After class, say astronauts couldn't spot it and offer to look it up together

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t1:o1:1
# text = After class, say astronauts couldn't spot it and offer to look it up together
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	together	together	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | after class |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **spot** | could | astronauts | class |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination |
| 3 | **offer** | infinitive | astronauts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **look up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | astronauts *not said here* | class |  |  |  | together *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shout "wrong!" in the middle of the lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t1:o2:1
# text = Shout "wrong!" in the middle of the lesson
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | wrong |  | the middle of the lesson |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Never mention it to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t1:o3:1
# text = Never mention it to anyone
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	mention	mention	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | anyone |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Agree, because teachers are never wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t1:o4:1
# text = Agree, because teachers are never wrong
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | teachers |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

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