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title: A cartoon says Mercury is hottest because it's closest to the Sun. W… — I was wrong: changing your mind · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon says Mercury is hottest because it's closest to the Sun. What's the correction? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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 9 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind

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A cartoon says Mercury is hottest because it's closest to the Sun. What's the correction?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, Mercury, Sun. · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** correction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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/35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t9:1
# text = A cartoon says Mercury is hottest because it's closest to the Sun. What's the correction?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	ccomp	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mercury |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | cartoon |  |  |  | sunday | close *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the Sun. | the correction |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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All planets are exactly as hot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t9:o1:1
# text = All planets are exactly as hot
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | all planets |  |  |  |  | exactly, hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Venus is hottest; its thick atmosphere traps heat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t9:o2:1
# text = Venus is hottest; its thick atmosphere traps heat
1	Venus	Venus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	atmosphere	atmosphere	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	traps	trap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Venus |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **trap** | present | its thick atmosphere | heat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heat=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mercury is hottest, because being closest decides it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t9:o3:1
# text = Mercury is hottest, because being closest decides it
1	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	mark	_	_
8	decides	decide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Mercury |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **decide** | present | Mercury *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Earth is the hottest planet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:myths:35-i-was-wrong-changing-your-mind:t9:o4:1
# text = Earth is the hottest planet
1	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hottest	hot	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Earth | the hottest planet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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