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title: At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small. How coul… — The Moon, the planets and the stars · tree and pragmatics
description: At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small. How could you test it tonight? Test 9 · ★★ 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 9 · ★★ · The Moon, the planets and the stars

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At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small. How could you test it tonight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Moon, you · **What happens:** look, test · **To what, where:** Moon

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:1
# text = At the horizon the Moon looks huge; high up it looks small.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the Moon |  |  |  |  | at the horizon; high, huge *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horizon=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | Moon |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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:* How could you test it tonight?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:2
# text = How could you test it tonight?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	test	test	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | could | you | Moon |  |  | tonight |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Measure it with a ruler held on the window glass each night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:o1:1
# text = Measure it with a ruler held on the window glass each night
1	Measure	measure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | night | with a ruler | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme it=Value |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | a ruler *not said here* |  | the window glass |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on glass=Location |

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

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Compare it with a coin held at arm's length, low and high

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:o2:1
# text = Compare it with a coin held at arm's length, low and high
1	Compare	compare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with a coin | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with coin=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | a coin *not said here* |  | arm's length |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ask the Moon to stay still

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:o3:1
# text = Ask the Moon to stay still
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the Moon |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent moon=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Take a photo of only the low Moon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:14-the-moon-the-planets-and-the-stars:t9:o4:1
# text = Take a photo of only the low Moon
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | a photo |  |  |  | of the low Moon | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent photo=Theme of moon=Initial\_Location |

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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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