--- title: Two friends argue whether Pluto is a planet. Which is true? — Friends who cling to a legend · tree and pragmatics description: Two friends argue whether Pluto is a planet. Which is true? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Myths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/) / [Friends who cling to a legend](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Friends who cling to a legend Two friends argue whether Pluto is a planet. Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two friends, Pluto · **What happens:** argue, be · **To what, where:** planet This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 31 «Friends who cling to a legend» 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/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two friends argue whether Pluto is a planet. ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:1 # text = Two friends argue whether Pluto is a planet. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 argue argue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Two friends | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | Pluto | a planet | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Everyone agrees it's the biggest planet ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:o1:1 # text = Everyone agrees it's the biggest planet 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agrees agree VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 amod _ _ 7 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Everyone | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | the biggest planet | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Astronomers call it a dwarf planet, though some still debate it ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:o2:1 # text = Astronomers call it a dwarf planet, though some still debate it 1 Astronomers astronomer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 call call VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 dwarf dwarf ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 planet planet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 though though SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 debate debate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | Astronomers | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **debate** | present | some | planet | | | still | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Pluto was never discovered ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:o3:1 # text = Pluto was never discovered 1 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **discover** | past · passive | | Pluto | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Pluto is a moon of Earth ```conllu # sent_id = question:myths:31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend:t10:o4:1 # text = Pluto is a moon of Earth 1 Pluto Pluto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Earth Earth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Pluto | a moon | | | | of Earth | tree rules | **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. 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