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title: Lucy's sister wants to wish on a falling star. What's the nicest tru… — The Moon, the planets and the stars · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy's sister wants to wish on a falling star. What's the nicest true thing to say? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars

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Lucy's sister wants to wish on a falling star. What's the nicest true thing to say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, nicest true thing · **What happens:** want, wish, fall, be, say · **To what, where:** falling star · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy's sister wants to wish on a falling star.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:1
# text = Lucy's sister wants to wish on a falling star.
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	_	_
10	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | Lucy's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lucy's sister *not said here* |  |  | a falling star |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=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's the nicest true thing to say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:2
# text = What's the nicest true thing to say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	nicest	nice	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nicest true thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the nicest true thing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Wishes only work on planets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:o1:1
# text = Wishes only work on planets
1	Wishes	wish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Wishes |  |  |  |  | on planets | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on planet=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It's a space pebble burning up, but make a wish anyway!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:o2:1
# text = It's a space pebble burning up, but make a wish anyway!
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	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	pebble	pebble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a space pebble |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **burn up** | gerund | a space pebble *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive |  | a wish |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wish=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide, it might land on us

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:o3:1
# text = Hide, it might land on us
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	land	land	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **land** | might | it |  |  |  |  | on us | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on we=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Don't wish, it's a real star crashing down to Earth right now

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t6:o4:1
# text = Don't wish, it's a real star crashing down to Earth right now
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	wish	wish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	crashing	crash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	right	right	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **wish** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a real star |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **crash down** | gerund | a real star *not said here* |  | Earth |  |  | down *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient to earth=Result |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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