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title: If the Sun were as far away as the next nearest star, what would it… — Stars: what they are · tree and pragmatics
description: If the Sun were as far away as the next nearest star, what would it look like? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» of the space 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 10 · ★ · Stars: what they are

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If the Sun were as far away as the next nearest star, what would it look like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** be, look · **To what, where:** next nearest star

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Stars: what they are» of the space 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/space/17-stars-what-they-are/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t10:1
# text = If the Sun were as far away as the next nearest star, what would it look like?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	parataxis	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the Sun |  |  |  |  | as the next nearest star; away, far *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | would | Sun | the next nearest star |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Still a huge bright disc, only a bit smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t10:o1:1
# text = Still a huge bright disc, only a bit smaller
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	disc	disc	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Just one more star in the night sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t10:o2:1
# text = Just one more star in the night sky
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dark circle with no light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t10:o3:1
# text = A dark circle with no light
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A planet with rings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:space:17-stars-what-they-are:t10:o4:1
# text = A planet with rings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	planet	planet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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