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title: An astronaut on the Space Station looks at stars. What would she not… — The Moon, the planets and the stars · tree and pragmatics
description: An astronaut on the Space Station looks at stars. What would she notice? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars

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An astronaut on the Space Station looks at stars. What would she notice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** astronaut · **What happens:** look, notice

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 14 «The Moon, the planets and the stars» 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/14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An astronaut on the Space Station looks at stars.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:1
# text = An astronaut on the Space Station looks at stars.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	astronaut	astronaut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Space	Space	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Station	Station	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | a astronaut on the Space Station |  |  |  |  | at stars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at star=Theme |

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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 would she notice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:2
# text = What would she notice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	notice	notice	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 | **notice** | would | astronaut |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They look green

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:o1:1
# text = They look green
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | They |  |  |  |  | green *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They twinkle even more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:o2:1
# text = They twinkle even more
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	twinkle	twinkle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twinkle** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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They don't twinkle, because there's no air to bend the light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:o3:1
# text = They don't twinkle, because there's no air to bend the light
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	twinkle	twinkle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **twinkle** | present · do-support | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | no air |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bend** | to-infinitive | no air *not said here* | the light |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent light=Material |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They blink on and off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t5:o4:1
# text = They blink on and off
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	blink	blink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	off	off	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blink** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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