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title: Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky… — Earth from space · tree and pragmatics
description: Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!" What's a fun way to show him? Test 7 · ★★ 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 was right.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Earth from space

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Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!" What's a fun way to show him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sun, Grandpa winks · **What happens:** go round, look, move, be, show · **To what, where:** us, sky, fun way, him

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:1
# text = Grandpa winks: "The Sun goes round us, look, it moves across the sky!"
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	winks	wink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
8	round	round	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go round** *in a quote* | present | the Sun | us |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | Grandpa winks |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **move** *in a quote* | present | Sun |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory |

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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:* What's a fun way to show him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:2
# text = What's a fun way to show him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	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	fun	fun	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fun way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

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

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Spin a ball near a torch to show day and night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:o1:1
# text = Spin a ball near a torch to show day and night
1	Spin	spin	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | imperative | you *not said here* | a ball |  | a torch |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Point at the Sun and stare at it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:o2:1
# text = Point at the Sun and stare at it
1	Point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stare	stare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | infinitive | Point at the Sun |  |  |  |  | at Sun | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Draw the Sun on the ceiling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:o3:1
# text = Draw the Sun on the ceiling
1	Draw	draw	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Sun |  | the ceiling |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sun=Theme on ceiling=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Tell him old people can't learn anything new anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:13-earth-from-space:t7:o4:1
# text = Tell him old people can't learn anything new anyway
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	iobj	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
10	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **learn** | can | old people | anything |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |

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