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title: At school pick-up you see a pale Moon in the blue afternoon sky. You… — Earth from space · tree and pragmatics
description: At school pick-up you see a pale Moon in the blue afternoon sky. Your little brother says, "That's impossible!" What do you say? Test 6 · ★★ 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'
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Earth from space

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At school pick-up you see a pale Moon in the blue afternoon sky. Your little brother says, "That's impossible!" What do you say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, little brother, That · **What happens:** see, say, be · **To what, where:** pale Moon, school pick up · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At school pick-up you see a pale Moon in the blue afternoon sky.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:1
# text = At school pick-up you see a pale Moon in the blue afternoon sky.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	pick	pick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | you | a pale Moon |  | school pick up |  | in the blue afternoon sky | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Your little brother says, "That's impossible!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:2
# text = Your little brother says, "That's impossible!"
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Your little brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:3
# text = What do you say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It's normal; the Moon is often up in daytime

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:o1:1
# text = It's normal; the Moon is often up in daytime
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	daytime	daytime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | daytime |  | normal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It's a fake Moon put up there for astronauts to practise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:o2:1
# text = It's a fake Moon put up there for astronauts to practise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	astronauts	astronaut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a fake Moon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put up** | participle |  | a fake Moon *not said here* |  | there |  | for astronauts | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **practise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It's the Sun in disguise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:o3:1
# text = It's the Sun in disguise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	disguise	disguise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the Sun |  | disguise |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It must be a balloon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t6:o4:1
# text = It must be a balloon
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | must | It | a balloon |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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